5-Letter Words With A and W
Looking for five-letter words with A and W in them? There are 257 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like WATER, WATCH, WOMAN, sit right at the top.
Unlike alphabetical lists that bury likely answers in the middle, this list is sorted by how often each word appears in everyday English. Scan the first rows for probable answers; dig deeper for rare, high-scoring plays.
Most common
- water8
- watch13
- woman10
- allow8
- award9
- waste8
- wants8
- wales8
- aware8
- walls8
- drawn9
- arrow8
- waves11
- wages9
- wheat11
- walks12
- watts8
- whats11
- whale11
- draws9
All 257 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- awful 11
- wagon 9
- waist 8
- shawn 11
- sweat 8
- twain 8
- straw 8
- awake 12
- hawks 15
- swear 8
- dwarf 12
- crawl 10
- flaws 11
- wraps 10
- warns 8
- swamp 12
- wrath 11
- waits 8
- wears 8
- wharf 14
- rowan 8
- weave 11
- spawn 10
- wacky 17
- waive 11
- wards 9
- await 8
- waltz 17
- tweak 12
- wigan 9
- weary 11
- wafer 11
- walla 8
- wally 11
- wager 9
- claws 10
- wares 8
- swarm 10
- warts 8
- swaps 10
- bylaw 13
- swans 8
- wicca 12
- shawl 11
- lawns 8
- swami 10
- waugh 12
- wakes 12
- waved 12
- swain 8
- whack 17
- wasps 10
- swank 12
- awoke 12
- wands 9
- tawny 11
- waged 10
- waxed 16
- waxes 15
- brawl 10
- trawl 8
- prawn 10
- warms 10
- askew 12
- squaw 17
- dewar 9
- swath 11
- wahoo 11
- fatwa 11
- swabs 10
- wreak 12
- pawns 10
- awash 11
- byway 16
- swash 11
- macaw 12
- wacko 14
- twang 9
- waver 11
- waker 12
- alway 11
- swale 8
- dawns 9
- brawn 10
- waned 9
- wader 9
- dewan 9
- sawed 9
- swart 8
- weald 9
- bawdy 14
- twats 8
- waded 10
- jawed 16
- swags 9
- warps 10
- diwan 9
- gowan 9
- drawl 9
- warty 11
- aglow 9
- swamy 13
- washy 14
- wails 8
- yawns 11
- wazoo 17
- waked 13
- shaws 11
- wades 9
- sward 9
- wanes 8
- sways 11
- fawns 11
- wrack 14
- waddy 13
- bwana 10
- schwa 13
- waifs 11
- nawab 10
- waken 12
- thaws 11
- bawls 10
- sware 8
- wheal 11
- whang 12
- warks 12
- wavey 14
- wafts 11
- pshaw 13
- miaow 10
- swage 9
- swats 8
- wauls 8
- pawed 11
- waxen 15
- gawky 16
- waxer 15
- gnaws 9
- noway 11
- jawan 15
- wanks 12
- witan 8
- wrapt 10
- papaw 12
- wisha 11
- swang 9
- wirra 8
- awned 9
- hawse 11
- rawer 8
- swarf 11
- wadis 9
- swail 8
- adown 9
- wanly 11
- hawed 12
- avows 11
- awing 9
- awols 8
- bawds 11
- bawty 13
- blawn 10
- blaws 10
- braws 10
- cahow 13
- cawed 11
- chaws 13
- craws 10
- dawed 10
- dawen 9
- dawks 13
- dawts 9
- dewax 16
- fawny 14
- flawy 14
- gawks 13
- gawps 11
- gawsy 12
- gnawn 9
- jowar 15
- knawe 12
- lawed 9
- lawny 11
- mawed 11
- pawer 10
- pawky 17
- pawls 10
- pilaw 10
- rawin 8
- rawly 11
- resaw 8
- rewan 8
- rewax 15
- sawer 8
- sewan 8
- sewar 8
- shawm 13
- shwas 11
- slaws 8
- snaws 8
- sowar 8
- tawed 9
- tawer 8
- tawie 8
- tawse 8
- thraw 11
- twaes 8
- wacke 14
- wacks 14
- waffs 14
- wains 8
- wairs 8
- waled 9
- waler 8
- wames 10
- wamus 10
- waney 11
- wared 9
- waspy 13
- wasts 8
- watap 10
- wauks 12
- wawls 11
- weals 8
- weans 8
- wekas 12
- whamo 13
- whams 13
- whaps 13
- whaup 13
- woads 9
- woald 9
- wrang 9
- yawed 12
- yawey 14
- yawls 11
- yawps 13
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with A and W in them?
There are 257 five-letter words with A and W in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are WATER, WATCH, WOMAN.
What are common five-letter words with A and W in them?
WATER, WATCH, WOMAN, ALLOW, AWARD are the most frequently used. The full list of 257 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Can I play these words in Scrabble?
Yes. The list combines ENABLE and the North American tournament list (TWL), so these words are playable in Scrabble-style games, including Words With Friends.