Verified pattern list

5 Letter Words With W

This verified list contains 454 CORE words with W, plus 76 entries in the broader extended tier.

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Static CORE list

First 300 matching CORE words

Alphabetical, with base Scrabble points

aglow9
allow8
arrow8
askew12
avows11
await8
awake12
award9
aware8
awash11
awful11
awing9
awoke12
bawds11
bawdy14
bawls10
below10
blown10
blows10
blowy13
bowed11
bowel10
bower10
bowls10
brawl10
brawn10
brews10
brown10
brows10
bylaw13
byway16
cawed11
chews13
chewy16
chows13
claws10
clews10
clown10
cowed11
cower10
cowls10
crawl10
craws10
crews10
crowd11
crown10
crows10
dawns9
dhows12
dowdy13
dowel9
dower9
downs9
downy12
dowry12
dowse9
drawl9
drawn9
draws9
drown9
dwarf12
dweeb11
dwell9
dwelt9
elbow10
endow9
ewers8
fatwa11
fawns11
fewer11
flaws11
flown11
flows11
fowls11
frown11
gawks13
gawky16
gawps11
glows9
gnaws9
gowns9
growl9
grown9
grows9
hawed12
hawks15
hewed12
hewer11
howdy15
howls11
jawed16
jewel15
jowls15
jowly18
kiwis12
known12
knows12
lawns8
lowed9
lower8
lowly11
macaw12
meows10
mewed11
mewls10
mowed11
mower10
newel8
newer8
newly11
newsy11
newts8
nohow11
noway11
owing9
owlet8
owned9
owner8
oxbow17
pawed11
pawls10
pawns10
pewee10
pewit10
plows10
power10
prawn10
prowl10
prows10
pshaw13
pwned11
rawer8
renew8
resew8
resow8
rewed9
rowan8
rowdy12
rowed9
rowel8
rower8
sawed9
schwa13
scowl10
scows10
screw10
sewed9
sewer8
shawl11
shewn11
shews11
shown11
shows11
showy14
shrew11
sinew8
skews12
slews8
slows8
snows8
snowy11
sowed9
sower8
spawn10
spews10
squaw17
stews8
stows8
straw8
strew8
swabs10
swags9
swain8
swami10
swamp12
swank12
swans8
swaps10
sward9
swarm10
swash11
swath11
swats8
sways11
swear8
sweat8
swede9
sweep10
sweet8
swell8
swept10
swift11
swigs9
swill8
swims10
swine8
swing9
swipe10
swirl8
swish11
swizz26
swoon8
swoop10
sword9
swore8
sworn8
swots8
swung9
tawny11
thaws11
thews11
threw11
throw11
towed9
towel8
tower8
towns8
trawl8
trews8
trows8
twain8
twang9
twats8
tweak12
tweed9
tween8
tweet8
twerk12
twerp10
twice10
twigs9
twill8
twine8
twink12
twins8
twirl8
twist8
twits8
twixt15
unwed9
views11
vowed12
vowel11
wacko14
wacks14
wacky17
waded10
wader9
wades9
wadge10
wadis9
wafer11
wafts11
waged10
wager9
wages9
wagon9
waifs11
wails8
wains8
waist8
waits8
waive11
waked13
waken12
wakes12
waldo9
waled9
wales8
walks12
walls8
wally11
waltz17
wands9
waned9
wanes8
wanks12
wanly11
wanna8
wants8
wards9
wares8
warez17
warms10
warns8
warps10
warts8
warty11
washy14
wasps10
waste8
watch13
water8
watts8
waved12
waver11
waves11
waxed16
waxen15
waxes15

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454CORE words

76extended words

530verified matches

10.5average CORE score

Useful CORE examples

Useful words

12 deterministic CORE selections

aglow9
askew12
avows11
awful11
awing9
below10
bowed11
bowel10
cawed11
cowed11
cower10
elbow10

Base tile values

Highest-scoring words

CORE words, highest first

swizz26
woozy20
jowly18
waltz17
whack17
whiff17
wacky17
oxbow17
squaw17
warez17
wazoo17
byway16

Letter intelligence

What the W list contains

Where W appears

Vowels per word

0 vowels1 words
1 vowel247 words
2 vowels196 words
3 vowels10 words

Repeated letters

25%

114 of 454 CORE words repeat at least one letter.

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Pattern guide

How to use 5-letter words with W

The CORE list contains 454 5-letter words with W in at least one position. Unlike a fixed tile, this preset does not assume where the letter appears.

Contains keeps required letters anywhere in the word. Sequence pattern is stricter: AR requires adjacent letters, A_R allows one intervening letter, and A__R allows two. The broader tier adds 76 extended entries.

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Questions about this word list

How many 5-letter words contain W?

This verified set contains 454 CORE words and 76 extended words, for 530 total matches.

What is the average Scrabble score for this W group?

The 454 CORE words average 10.5 base Scrabble points. Board multipliers are not included.

Do these W words often repeat letters?