5-Letter Words With W as the 2nd Letter

226 valid 5-letter words have "W" in the 2nd position. 44 are common words — narrow with this when you've locked a green tile.

44 common words226 valid words

Common Words (44)

Words most likely to be the answer.

awake
dwarf
swirl
tweed
swill
sweet
awful
twice
twang
twine
swine
award
awoke
swift
swore
twirl
dwelt
sweep
swear
sworn
swoon
sweat
swami
swarm
swath
aware
dwell
swamp
tweet
swish
owner
swell
swung
swept
sword
swing
owing
swoop
awash
twist
tweak
swash
await
twixt

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (182)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

awabi
awacs
awaft
awald
awalt
awane
awarn
awave
aways
awber
aweek
aweel
awest
aweto
awhet
awhir
awide
awing
awink
awiwi
awkly
awned
awner
awols
awork
bwana
cwlth
dwain
dwale
dwalm
dwane
dwang
dwaps
dweck
dwine
dwyer
dwyka
ewald
ewall
eward
ewart
ewder
ewell
ewens
ewers
ewery
ewest
ewhow
ewing
ewold
gwari
gwawl
gweed
gwelo
gwely
gwenn
gwent
gweyn
gwine
gwinn
gwynn
hwang
iwbni
kwame
kwang
kwapa
kwara
kwasi
kwela
lweis
lwoff
mweru
owain
owego
owena
owens
owght
owler
owlet
owned
owsen
owser
swabs
swack
swage
swags
swail
swain
swale
swamy
swane
swang
swank
swann
swans
swape
swaps
sward
sware
swarf
swart
swati
swats
sways
swazi
sweal
swede
sweer
swego
swelp
swelt
swerd
sweyn
swick
swigs
swile
swims
swimy
swink
swipe
swipy
swird
swire
swiss
swith
switz
swive
swizz
swobs
swoln
swonk
swope
swops
swosh
swots
swoun
swure
twaes
twain
twait
twale
twalt
twana
twank
twant
twats
tweag
twedy
tweeg
tweel
tween
tweil
twere
twerp
twick
twier
twigs
twila
twill
twilt
twimc
twink
twins
twint
twiny
twire
twirk
twirp
twisp
twite
twits
twitt
twoes
twyer
twyla
uwcsa
uwton
wwops
xwsds
zwart
zweig
zwick

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 226 matches.

Most common letters

w226
a103
s103
e102
t74
i72
n57
r44
l42
o37

Most common letter by position

The most common letter in the 1st position is s, appearing in 78 of 226 words.

Vowel distribution

  • 3 with no vowels
  • 130 with 1 unique vowel
  • 88 with 2 unique vowels
  • 5 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -er · 10 words
  • -ng · 10 words
  • -ne · 7 words
  • -re · 7 words
  • -rd · 6 words

Strategy

44 answers and 226 valid guesses place W at position 2. Add another known letter to narrow it down.

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