5-Letter Words Ending With W
There are 68 five-letter words ending with W, including 17 common puzzle answers. A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words Ending With W
Common puzzle answers are everyday words of the kind word puzzles choose as solutions, most common first. Plurals and rare words are valid guesses but rarely answers, so they're listed separately below.
- BELOW In or to a lower place or position
- ALLOW Make it possible through a specific action for something to happen
- THROW To propel something through the air with a rapid arm movement
- THREW Propelled something through the air
- SCREW A fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head
- ARROW A pointed projectile shot from a bow
- WIDOW A woman whose husband is dead, especially one who has not remarried
- STRAW A thin tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
- ELBOW The hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm
- RENEW To make new or like new again
- ASKEW Tilted or positioned crookedly to one side
- BYLAW A rule adopted by an organization to regulate its own affairs
More Common Puzzle Answers
- ENDOW
- SINEW
- MACAW
- AGLOW
- PSHAW
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: S (19%), A (12%), E (12%)
- Most common additional vowel: E, in 49% of these words
- Letters that most often appear alongside: E, O, A, S, R
- Most have 2 vowels (76%)
- 28% contain a repeated letter
- 17 of the 68 are common puzzle answers (25%)
Other Valid Words
51 additional dictionary words end with W — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- SHREW
- SQUAW
- OXBOW
- MIAOW
- KAPOW
- PAPAW
- STREW
- ABLOW
- NOHOW
- VROUW
- SEROW
- CAHOW
- STROW
- BEDEW
- PILOW
- RESOW
- VINEW
- BOTEW
- INDOW
- PILAW
- RESEW
- SHROW
- SCROW
- BESAW
- INDEW
- RESAW
- REVOW
- SPREW
- PAWAW
- SCRAW
Show all 51 words All 51 words
- AFLOW
- ENDEW
- THEOW
- THRAW
- EMBOW
- NAVEW
- ADRAW
- EWHOW
- ENSEW
- UNSEW
- KOTOW
- UNSAW
- SYBOW
- IMMEW
- EMMEW
- ADVEW
- UNLAW
- ENMEW
- UNMEW
- UPBOW
- YAKOW
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Generated from the TurnWord word database, the dictionary behind the Word Solver and Word Bot. Common puzzle answers are our curated answer list, the everyday words word puzzles tend to use as answers — not the official answer list of any game; every other word is a valid guess. Counts and statistics are computed from this list. Word database updated September 19, 2026.