- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 2.32 bits
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Five-letter words starting with AWA
Our Wordle guess list has 10 five-letter words that start with AWA.
10 matching words
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This list has 10 Wordle guesses; 5 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 5 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: AWAIT (September 3, 2023); AWAKE (February 21, 2026); AWARD (February 26, 2025); AWARE (May 13, 2025); AWASH (July 26, 2024).
ABERS does not fit this page's clues. AWARE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.4 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
The AWA prefix fixes these letters in positions 1, 2 and 3; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- A most often the 1st letter (100% of these words), also 3rd (100%).
- W most often the 2nd letter (100% of these words).
Word notes
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AWAIT
To wait for.
“I await your reply to my letter.”
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Past Wordle answer: September 3, 2023.
AWAKE
Not asleep; conscious.
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Past Wordle answer: June 23, 2021; February 21, 2026.
AWARD
A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: February 26, 2025.
AWARE
Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
“Stay aware! Don't let your guard down.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: May 13, 2025.
AWASH
Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.
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Past Wordle answer: July 26, 2024.
AWARI
An African game of strategy, played by moving seeds on a board.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
AWARN
To warn.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
AWATO
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
AWAVE
waving
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
AWAYS
Alternative form of a ways.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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