5-Letter Words With W as the Second Letter
There are 177 five-letter words with W as the second letter, including 48 common puzzle answers. These are the words matching the pattern _W___ (an underscore is any letter). A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words With W as the Second Letter
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.
- SWEET Having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
- AWARD A prize or honor given for achievement or victory
- TWICE Two times
- OWNER A person who owns something
- AWARE Having knowledge or consciousness of something
- SWEAR Utter obscenities or profanities
- AWFUL Very bad or unpleasant
- SWORD A weapon with a long metal blade and a handle with a hand guard
- SWING A seat suspended by ropes or chains on which someone can swing back and forth
- TWIST An unforeseen development or unexpected turn of events
- TWEET A weak chirping sound made by a small bird
- SWIFT Moving very fast
More Common Puzzle Answers
- SWEAT
- AWAKE
- SWEEP
- SWEPT
- SWORN
- SWAMP
- DWARF
- OWING
- SWELL
- AWAIT
- SWIPE
- DWELL
- SWORE
- SWUNG
- SWINE
- SWARM
- TWEAK
- TWEED
- SWOOP
- SWIRL
- AWOKE
- SWAMI
- TWINE
- SWISH
- SWOON
- TWEEN
- SWATH
- AWASH
- TWIRL
- SWANK
Show all 48 common puzzle answers All 48 common puzzle answers
- TWILL
- DWELT
- TWANG
- SWILL
- SWASH
- TWIXT
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: S (42%), T (21%), A (12%)
- Most common last letter: S (20%), E (15%), T (9%)
- Most common additional vowel: E, in 44% of these words
- Letters that most often appear alongside: S, E, A, T, I
- Most have 1 vowel (46%)
- 38% contain a repeated letter
- 48 of the 177 are common puzzle answers (27%)
Other Valid Words
129 additional dictionary words have W as the second letter — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- OWNED
- SWISS
- TWINS
- TWAIN
- SWANS
- SWAPS
- TWIGS
- SWEDE
- SWIMS
- SWAIN
- TWINK
- SWABS
- TWATS
- SWAMY
- AWAYS
- TWERK
- SWAYS
- SWOLE
- DWEEB
- OWARI
- SWIRE
- TWITS
- SWIZZ
- SWALE
- SWART
- OWLER
- TWERP
- SWATS
- OWERS
- EWERS
Show all 129 words All 129 words
- SWAGS
- BWANA
- SWARD
- PWNED
- TWEEP
- SWARE
- OWLET
- SWIGS
- SWANG
- SWINK
- SWAGE
- SWARF
- SWOLL
- AWING
- GWINE
- SWITH
- TWITE
- SWEED
- SWAIL
- TWEEL
- SWOTS
- CWTCH
- TWONK
- TWIRP
- SWALY
- SWIES
- OWARE
- SWITS
- SWILE
- OWIES
- SWEES
- SWIVE
- AWAVE
- DWANG
- SWACK
- SWADS
- OWLED
- OWRES
- AWNED
- TWALS
- SWEER
- TWINY
- DWINE
- DWALE
- SWEAL
- SWOUN
- TWIER
- EWEST
- AWNER
- TWIRE
- SWOPS
- DWILE
- TWEER
- TWANK
- AWARN
- AWOLS
- SWEYS
- SWELT
- AWARI
- TWAYS
- AWATO
- SWAPT
- SWEEL
- OWSEN
- DWAMS
- OWRIE
- SWOBS
- AWKIN
- AWEEL
- AWETO
- TWILT
- DWAMY
- EWKED
- SWOPT
- AWORK
- TWAES
- SWEIR
- SWAYL
- KWINK
- TWIRK
- TWOER
- EWHOW
- SWERF
- TWOCS
- KWELA
- TWYER
- DWAUM
- OWNIO
- AWDLS
- LWEIS
- DWALM
- OWCHE
- SWOLN
- BWAZI
- KWIRL
- DWAAL
- HWYLS
- AWMRY
- KWAAI
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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.