5-Letter Words Matching _ _ A W _

58 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ A W _, 9 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

9 common words58 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

trawl
shawl
spawn
brawn
drawl
crawl
drawn
prawn
brawl

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (49)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

acaws
adawe
adawn
alawi
arawa
arawn
blawn
blaws
braws
chawk
chawl
chawn
chaws
clawk
claws
crawm
craws
drawk
draws
flawn
flaws
flawy
frawn
gnawn
gnaws
grawn
gwawl
isawa
izawa
keawe
odawa
ogawa
onawa
quawk
scawd
scawl
shawm
shawn
shaws
shawy
slaws
snaws
spawl
stawn
tcawi
thawn
thaws
thawy
wrawl

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 58 matches.

Most common letters

a58
w58
s23
l19
n18
r17
c13
h12
d8
t6

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 48 with 1 unique vowel
  • 10 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -wn · 15 words
  • -ws · 13 words
  • -wl · 10 words
  • -wa · 6 words
  • -wk · 4 words

Strategy

9 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.

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