5-Letter Words With H and W
There are 119 five-letter words with H and W in them. The list below ranks them by real-world frequency, so everyday words like WHICH, WHERE, WHILE appear before the obscurities.
Every entry comes from the tournament word lists, the kind of list used in Wordle, Scrabble, and Words With Friends, so each one is a genuine dictionary word.
Most common
- which16
- where11
- while11
- white11
- watch13
- whole11
- shows11
- shown11
- worth11
- whose11
- wheel11
- width12
- throw11
- wheat11
- welsh11
- witch13
- whats11
- whale11
- shawn11
- threw11
All 119 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- weigh 12
- hawks 15
- welch 13
- wrath 11
- wharf 14
- wight 12
- winch 13
- shawl 11
- swish 11
- waugh 12
- whips 13
- whine 11
- chews 13
- howdy 15
- whack 17
- whirl 11
- whisk 15
- swath 11
- chewy 16
- shrew 11
- howes 11
- wahoo 11
- whims 13
- whoop 13
- wench 13
- showy 14
- awash 11
- swash 11
- whiff 17
- whorl 11
- whiny 14
- howls 11
- wushu 11
- whigs 12
- whist 11
- whizz 29
- washy 14
- whoso 11
- wroth 11
- shaws 11
- withe 11
- whelp 13
- schwa 13
- shewn 11
- thaws 11
- whish 14
- wheal 11
- chows 13
- whang 12
- wecht 13
- whens 11
- swith 11
- woosh 11
- pshaw 13
- shews 11
- rowth 11
- hewed 12
- whelk 15
- whits 11
- withy 14
- whomp 15
- hewer 11
- wheen 11
- whets 11
- whump 15
- whirr 11
- wisha 11
- hawse 11
- whups 13
- hawed 12
- dhows 12
- cahow 13
- chaws 13
- crwth 13
- howff 17
- howfs 14
- howks 15
- nohow 11
- shawm 13
- shwas 11
- thews 11
- thewy 14
- thraw 11
- whamo 13
- whams 13
- whaps 13
- whaup 13
- wheep 13
- whelm 13
- whews 14
- wheys 14
- whids 12
- whins 11
- whipt 13
- whirs 11
- whity 14
- whoof 14
- whops 13
- whort 11
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with H and W in them?
There are 119 five-letter words with H and W in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are WHICH, WHERE, WHILE.
What are common five-letter words with H and W in them?
WHICH, WHERE, WHILE, WHITE, WATCH are the most frequently used. The full list of 119 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Are these valid Wordle words?
Nearly all of them. Wordle draws its answers from a curated list of common five-letter words, but it accepts almost any dictionary word as a guess, including the words on this page.