5-Letter Words With N and W
Looking for five-letter words with N and W in them? There are 154 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like WOMEN, KNOWN, 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
- women10
- known12
- woman10
- shown11
- brown10
- owner8
- wrong9
- owned9
- wants8
- knows12
- newly11
- crown10
- wings9
- drawn9
- grown9
- towns8
- swing9
- winds9
- wines8
- twins8
All 154 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- newer 8
- renew 8
- wound 9
- wagon 9
- shawn 11
- downs 9
- twain 8
- woven 11
- blown 10
- clown 10
- warns 8
- owing 9
- sworn 8
- gowns 9
- windy 12
- rowan 8
- spawn 10
- flown 11
- wigan 9
- snowy 11
- swine 8
- widen 9
- drown 9
- swans 8
- winch 13
- tween 8
- lawns 8
- swung 9
- whine 11
- swain 8
- frown 11
- wince 10
- swank 12
- wands 9
- tawny 11
- prawn 10
- winks 12
- twine 8
- woken 12
- snows 8
- wench 13
- pawns 10
- downy 12
- swoon 8
- twang 9
- whiny 14
- wrens 8
- endow 9
- dawns 9
- brawn 10
- wring 9
- waned 9
- dewan 9
- wonks 12
- wonky 15
- unwed 9
- wrung 9
- diwan 9
- womyn 13
- gowan 9
- rowen 8
- yawns 11
- newts 8
- newel 8
- wanes 8
- sinew 8
- fawns 11
- bwana 10
- newsy 11
- shewn 11
- nawab 10
- swink 12
- waken 12
- weeny 11
- whang 12
- whens 11
- wynns 11
- wined 9
- winos 8
- waxen 15
- winey 11
- wends 9
- wheen 11
- gnaws 9
- noway 11
- jawan 15
- gwine 9
- wanks 12
- witan 8
- indow 9
- swang 9
- awned 9
- adown 9
- wanly 11
- awing 9
- blawn 10
- dawen 9
- dwine 9
- enows 8
- fawny 14
- gnawn 9
- knawe 12
- lawny 11
- newie 8
- ngwee 9
- nohow 11
- nowts 8
- owsen 8
- rawin 8
- rewan 8
- rewin 8
- rewon 8
- sewan 8
- snaws 8
- swoun 8
- towny 11
- twiny 11
- unmew 10
- unsew 8
- unwet 8
- unwit 8
- unwon 8
- wains 8
- waney 11
- weans 8
- weens 8
- wenny 11
- whins 11
- wingy 12
- winze 17
- wizen 17
- wonts 8
- wrang 9
- wynds 12
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with N and W in them?
There are 154 five-letter words with N and W in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are WOMEN, KNOWN, WOMAN.
What are common five-letter words with N and W in them?
WOMEN, KNOWN, WOMAN, SHOWN, BROWN are the most frequently used. The full list of 154 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.