5-Letter Words Ending in W
40 five-letter words end in W; 10 of them are common words, shown in bold. Common words are where Wordle answers come from.
Best Wordle guesses
Ranked by how many green and yellow tiles each word turns up, on average, against the common words Wordle answers come from.
| # | Word | Green | Yellow |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | threw | 0.39 | 1.04 |
| 2 | straw | 0.34 | 1.08 |
| 3 | screw | 0.42 | 0.99 |
| 4 | renew | 0.40 | 0.97 |
| 5 | below | 0.29 | 0.96 |
| 6 | elbow | 0.19 | 1.06 |
| 7 | arrow | 0.31 | 0.93 |
| 8 | throw | 0.28 | 0.95 |
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40 words ending in W
- belowcommon
- allowcommon
- throwcommon
- threwcommon
- screwcommon
- arrowcommon
- widowcommon
- strawcommon
- elbowcommon
- renewcommon
- shrew
- askew
- squaw
- bylaw
- endow
- macaw
- sinew
- aglow
- oxbow
- miaow
- pshaw
- papaw
- strew
- nohow
- vrouw
- serow
- cahow
- strow
- bedew
- embow
- indow
- kotow
- pilaw
- resaw
- resew
- resow
- thraw
- unmew
- unsew
- upbow
All 40 five-letter words
Starting with A 4
aglow allow arrow askew
Starting with B 3
bedew below bylaw
Starting with C 1
cahow
Starting with E 3
elbow embow endow
Starting with I 1
indow
Starting with K 1
kotow
Starting with M 2
macaw miaow
Starting with N 1
nohow
Starting with O 1
oxbow
Starting with P 3
papaw pilaw pshaw
Starting with R 4
renew resaw resew resow
Starting with S 8
screw serow shrew sinew squaw straw strew strow
Starting with T 3
thraw threw throw
Starting with U 3
unmew unsew upbow
Starting with V 1
vrouw
Starting with W 1
widow
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Questions people ask
How many five-letter words end in W?
Our list has 40. 10 of them are common everyday words; the rest are rarer words you are more likely to meet in Scrabble or a crossword than in conversation. The list is a public-domain English word list, sorted by how often each word appears in everyday writing.
What are the most common five-letter words that end in W?
BELOW, ALLOW, THROW, THREW, SCREW — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in W?
THREW. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.39 green and 1.04 yellow tiles on average — more than any other word on this list. The method is the same as on our Best Wordle Starting Words page.