5 Letter Words Ending in W

23 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are all 23 5 letter words ending in W, from a standard word-game dictionary, with everyday words first. 10 of them are common words; the rest are rarer but still valid in most word games. Use the Wordle helper to add the letters you know.

Most of these words start with S, A, B. Good picks with five different letters include below, throw, threw, screw.

Words found: 23
Most used: below
Most common first letter: S

Wordle helper: 5 letter words ending in W

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Common 5 letter words ending in W

#	Word	Meaning
1	below	in or to a place that is lower
2	allow	make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
3	throw	propel through the air
4	threw	propel through the air
5	screw	someone who guards prisoners
6	arrow	a mark to indicate a direction or relation
7	widow	a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
8	straw	plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
9	elbow	hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
10	renew	reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
11	shrew	a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
12	askew	turned or twisted toward one side; - G.K.Chesterton
13	squaw	an American Indian woman
14	bylaw	a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members
15	endow	give qualities or abilities to
16	macaw	long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America
17	sinew	a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
18	aglow	softly bright or radiant
19	oxbow	the land inside an oxbow bend in a river
20	miaow	the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
21	papaw	small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit
22	strew	spread by scattering ( is archaic)

All 5 letter words ending in W

below
allow
throw
threw
screw
arrow
widow
straw
elbow
renew
shrew
askew
squaw
bylaw
endow
macaw
sinew
aglow
oxbow
miaow
pshaw
papaw
strew

Questions people ask

How many 5 letter words ending in W are there?

This list has 23, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words seen in real English text.

What are common 5 letter words ending in W?

below, allow, throw, threw, screw, arrow, widow, straw.

Which 5 letter words ending in W are good Wordle guesses?

below, throw, threw, screw, straw, elbow use five different letters, so each guess tests more of the alphabet.

Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.