5-Letter Words With L and W
Looking for five-letter words with L and W in them? There are 127 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like WOULD, WORLD, WHILE, 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
- would9
- world9
- while11
- below10
- whole11
- lower8
- allow8
- wales8
- wheel11
- lewis8
- newly11
- walls8
- wells8
- flows11
- walks12
- welsh11
- whale11
- jewel15
- awful11
- towel8
All 127 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- wills 8
- blown 10
- bowls 10
- elbow 10
- clown 10
- welch 13
- crawl 10
- flaws 11
- bowel 10
- blows 10
- willy 11
- swell 8
- dwell 9
- flown 11
- waltz 17
- walla 8
- twill 8
- wally 11
- claws 10
- swirl 8
- slows 8
- bylaw 13
- vowel 11
- shawl 11
- lawns 8
- wilco 10
- whirl 11
- lowes 8
- brawl 10
- trawl 8
- lowly 11
- dwelt 9
- growl 9
- wield 9
- glows 9
- welds 9
- wiles 8
- prowl 10
- wilds 9
- dowel 9
- wilts 8
- wooly 11
- whorl 11
- twirl 8
- plows 10
- howls 11
- alway 11
- swale 8
- lowed 9
- weald 9
- fowls 11
- scowl 10
- drawl 9
- aglow 9
- welly 11
- wails 8
- wryly 14
- wools 8
- swill 8
- wolfs 11
- newel 8
- wolds 9
- welts 8
- wedel 9
- clews 10
- whelp 13
- bawls 10
- wheal 11
- owlet 8
- cowls 10
- plews 10
- whelk 15
- wauls 8
- jowls 15
- wetly 11
- wyles 11
- swail 8
- wanly 11
- slews 8
- awols 8
- blawn 10
- blaws 10
- blowy 13
- flawy 14
- flews 11
- jowly 18
- lawed 9
- lawny 11
- lowse 8
- lweis 8
- mewls 10
- pawls 10
- pilaw 10
- rawly 11
- rowel 8
- slaws 8
- waled 9
- waler 8
- wawls 11
- weals 8
- whelm 13
- wiled 9
- woald 9
- woful 11
- wyled 12
- yawls 11
- yowls 11
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with L and W in them?
There are 127 five-letter words with L and W in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are WOULD, WORLD, WHILE.
What are common five-letter words with L and W in them?
WOULD, WORLD, WHILE, BELOW, WHOLE are the most frequently used. The full list of 127 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.