5-Letter Words With S and W
There are 326 five-letter words with S and W in them. The list below ranks them by real-world frequency, so everyday words like WORKS, WORDS, SHOWS 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
- works12
- words9
- shows11
- views11
- weeks12
- shown11
- whose11
- waste8
- wants8
- sweet8
- wales8
- knows12
- lewis8
- swiss8
- worst8
- wings9
- worse8
- walls8
- woods9
- wells8
All 326 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- towns 8
- swing 9
- winds 9
- waves 11
- flows 11
- wines 8
- sword 9
- wages 9
- screw 10
- twins 8
- walks 12
- watts 8
- welsh 11
- twist 8
- whats 11
- wrist 8
- wives 11
- grows 9
- swift 11
- draws 9
- wires 8
- waist 8
- sewer 8
- shawn 11
- downs 9
- sweat 8
- wills 8
- bowls 10
- worms 10
- straw 8
- sweep 10
- hawks 15
- swear 8
- crews 10
- flaws 11
- wraps 10
- warns 8
- weeds 9
- swept 10
- swamp 12
- blows 10
- waits 8
- sworn 8
- wears 8
- gowns 9
- swell 8
- spawn 10
- wards 9
- snowy 11
- swine 8
- wipes 10
- crows 10
- claws 10
- swirl 8
- wares 8
- slows 8
- swarm 10
- warts 8
- swaps 10
- swans 8
- shawl 11
- lawns 8
- swish 11
- swami 10
- whips 13
- wakes 12
- swung 9
- wiser 8
- wists 8
- swain 8
- chews 13
- wasps 10
- swank 12
- wicks 14
- swore 8
- wands 9
- lowes 8
- whisk 15
- waxes 15
- wifes 11
- swipe 10
- stews 8
- warms 10
- askew 12
- swoop 10
- squaw 17
- twigs 9
- swath 11
- winks 12
- brows 10
- swims 10
- shrew 11
- howes 11
- swede 9
- glows 9
- brews 10
- welds 9
- snows 8
- whims 13
- wiles 8
- wilds 9
- swabs 10
- kiwis 12
- pawns 10
- showy 14
- weeps 10
- awash 11
- swash 11
- wilts 8
- writs 8
- swoon 8
- plows 10
- howls 11
- swale 8
- wrens 8
- dawns 9
- wisps 10
- wrest 8
- wushu 11
- sewed 9
- wimps 12
- sawed 9
- whigs 12
- weirs 8
- whist 11
- swart 8
- twats 8
- spews 10
- fowls 11
- swags 9
- sower 8
- warps 10
- wonks 12
- wests 8
- wispy 13
- scowl 10
- sowed 9
- swamy 13
- washy 14
- whoso 11
- wails 8
- yawns 11
- wools 8
- wurst 8
- swill 8
- newts 8
- wolfs 11
- woops 10
- shaws 11
- wolds 9
- wades 9
- sward 9
- wanes 8
- sways 11
- skews 12
- welts 8
- sinew 8
- fawns 11
- clews 10
- wises 8
- twits 8
- schwa 13
- newsy 11
- shewn 11
- waifs 11
- swink 12
- thaws 11
- bawls 10
- sware 8
- whish 14
- chows 13
- wussy 11
- dowse 9
- trews 8
- wombs 12
- warks 12
- wides 9
- ewers 8
- whens 11
- wynns 11
- swith 11
- woosh 11
- wafts 11
- cowls 10
- pshaw 13
- shews 11
- swage 9
- plews 10
- meows 10
- whits 11
- swats 8
- winos 8
- wauls 8
- strew 8
- jowls 15
- stows 8
- wends 9
- wised 9
- gnaws 9
- whets 11
- wanks 12
- worts 8
- swigs 9
- wisha 11
- wefts 11
- swang 9
- hawse 11
- swarf 11
- whups 13
- wyles 11
- wadis 9
- swail 8
- slews 8
- dhows 12
- avows 11
- awols 8
- bawds 11
- blaws 10
- bowse 10
- braws 10
- chaws 13
- craws 10
- dawks 13
- dawts 9
- enows 8
- flews 11
- frows 11
- gawks 13
- gawps 11
- gawsy 12
- gowds 10
- gowks 13
- howfs 14
- howks 15
- lowse 8
- lweis 8
- mewls 10
- nowts 8
- owsen 8
- pawls 10
- prows 10
- resaw 8
- resew 8
- resow 8
- sawer 8
- scows 10
- serow 8
- sewan 8
- sewar 8
- shawm 13
- shwas 11
- slaws 8
- smews 10
- snaws 8
- sowar 8
- stewy 11
- stowp 10
- strow 8
- sweer 8
- swive 11
- swobs 10
- swops 10
- swots 8
- swoun 8
- tawse 8
- thews 11
- trows 8
- twaes 8
- unsew 8
- vrows 11
- wacks 14
- waffs 14
- wains 8
- wairs 8
- wames 10
- wamus 10
- waspy 13
- wasts 8
- wauks 12
- wawls 11
- weals 8
- weans 8
- weens 8
- weest 8
- weets 8
- wekas 12
- whams 13
- whaps 13
- whews 14
- wheys 14
- whids 12
- whins 11
- whirs 11
- whops 13
- wites 8
- wizes 17
- woads 9
- wonts 8
- woofs 11
- wries 8
- wynds 12
- wytes 11
- yawls 11
- yawps 13
- yowes 11
- yowls 11
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with S and W in them?
There are 326 five-letter words with S and W in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are WORKS, WORDS, SHOWS.
What are common five-letter words with S and W in them?
WORKS, WORDS, SHOWS, VIEWS, WEEKS are the most frequently used. The full list of 326 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.