5-Letter Words Matching S _ _ _ W

17 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ _ _ W, 4 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

4 common words17 valid words

Common Words (4)

Words most likely to be the answer.

straw
shrew
screw
sinew

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (13)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

schow
sclaw
scraw
scrow
seraw
serow
sprew
squaw
starw
strew
strow
sybow
sylow

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 17 matches.

Most common letters

s17
w17
r11
e7
o6
a6
c5
t4
h2
l2

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 13 with 1 unique vowel
  • 4 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ow · 6 words
  • -aw · 5 words
  • -ew · 5 words
  • -rw · 1 words

Strategy

4 answers match S _ _ _ W. With 2 green letters locked in, you're almost certainly one guess away.

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