5-Letter Words Ending in W
There are 18 common five-letter words ending in W in Hintwordo's list, and 22 more that are valid but rarely used. The most familiar are BELOW, ALLOW, THROW, THREW, SCREW, ARROW. Words are ranked by how often they appear in real-world writing, so the ones at the top are the likeliest answers in a daily five-letter puzzle.
Apart from the letter in the name, the most common letters in this list are E (in 50% of words), O (50%) and A (39%) — good letters to test next.
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Common words (18)
Type a pattern with ? for unknown letters (s?a?e), or letters the word must contain (ae).
Showing 18 of 18
- very common: below
- very common: allow
- very common: throw
- very common: threw
- very common: screw
- very common: arrow
- very common: widow
- very common: straw
- very common: elbow
- very common: renew
- common: shrew
- common: askew
- common: bylaw
- less common: endow
- less common: macaw
- less common: sinew
- less common: aglow
- less common: oxbow
Letter patterns in these words
Most common other letters
- e50%
- o50%
- a39%
- r39%
- l28%
- s28%
Most common letter by position
| Position 1 | Position 2 | Position 3 | Position 4 | Position 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| a22% | h17% | r33% | o50% | w100% |
A strong first guess from this list: below
Puzzle tips
- Many words ending in W share their last two or three letters. If several fit, pick a guess that tests their different first letters at once.
- Remember that plurals and simple past tenses are rarely used as answers in daily puzzles; they're listed under less common words.
- The solver can suggest a next guess that splits the remaining words as evenly as possible.
Less common valid words (22)
squaw · miaow · pshaw · papaw · strew · nohow · vrouw · serow · cahow · strow · unmew · thraw · resow · resew · unsew · embow · pilaw · resaw · kotow · upbow · indow · bedew