5-Letter Words Ending in W
Our word finder knows 40 five-letter words that end in W. Common picks such as BELOW, ALLOW, THROW lead the list, which makes it faster to spot the word your puzzle is hiding.
Words are ordered by usage frequency in a trillion-word English corpus, which is the closest thing to "most likely answer first" that a word list can offer.
40 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- below 10
- allow 8
- throw 11
- arrow 8
- screw 10
- renew 8
- threw 11
- straw 8
- widow 12
- elbow 10
- bylaw 13
- vrouw 11
- askew 12
- squaw 17
- shrew 11
- macaw 12
- oxbow 17
- endow 9
- aglow 9
- sinew 8
- pshaw 13
- miaow 10
- strew 8
- papaw 12
- indow 9
- bedew 11
- cahow 13
- embow 12
- kotow 12
- nohow 11
- pilaw 10
- resaw 8
- resew 8
- resow 8
- serow 8
- strow 8
- thraw 11
- unmew 10
- unsew 8
- upbow 12
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there that end in W?
There are 40 five-letter words that end in W in the tournament word lists. The most common are BELOW, ALLOW, THROW.
What are common five-letter words that end in W?
BELOW, ALLOW, THROW, ARROW, SCREW are the most frequently used. The full list of 40 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Why are the words in this order?
Words are ranked by how often they appear in a trillion-word corpus of written English, most common first. That surfaces likely puzzle answers instead of hiding them mid-alphabet. Use the sort control to switch to alphabetical or points order.