5-Letter Words Matching _ W A _ _

74 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ W A _ _, 12 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

12 common words74 valid words

Common Words (12)

Words most likely to be the answer.

awake
dwarf
twang
award
swami
swarm
swath
aware
swamp
awash
swash
await

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (62)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

awabi
awacs
awaft
awald
awalt
awane
awarn
awave
aways
bwana
dwain
dwale
dwalm
dwane
dwang
dwaps
ewald
ewall
eward
ewart
gwari
gwawl
hwang
kwame
kwang
kwapa
kwara
kwasi
owain
swabs
swack
swage
swags
swail
swain
swale
swamy
swane
swang
swank
swann
swans
swape
swaps
sward
sware
swarf
swart
swati
swats
sways
swazi
twaes
twain
twait
twale
twalt
twana
twank
twant
twats
zwart

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 74 matches.

Most common letters

a74
w74
s35
n20
t19
e18
r14
i13
d12
l11

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 43 with 1 unique vowel
  • 30 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ng · 5 words
  • -in · 4 words
  • -ne · 3 words
  • -rd · 3 words
  • -le · 3 words

Strategy

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

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