Five-letter words with W as the second letter (_W___)

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What the remaining words have in common

177 matching words8 not previously used37 past answers

Position 1S 42%T 21%A 12%O 8%
Position 3A 32%I 24%E 20%O 11%
Position 4E 18%R 16%L 12%N 12%
Position 5S 20%E 15%L 9%T 9%

45 of the 177 matches are possible answers.

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Still undecided: 1st letter: A, D, O, S, T·3rd letter: A, E, F, I, N, O, U·4th letter: A, C, E, F, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, X·5th letter: D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, P, R, T

Possible answers

33 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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AWAIT used AWAKE used AWARD used AWARE used AWASH used AWFUL used AWOKE used DWARF used DWELL used DWELT used OWING possible OWNER used SWAMI used SWAMP used SWARM possible SWASH possible SWATH used SWEAR possible SWEAT used SWEEP used SWEET used SWELL used SWEPT possible SWIFT possible SWILL used SWINE used SWING used SWIRL used SWISH used SWOON used SWOOP used SWORD used SWORE possible SWORN used SWUNG used TWANG used TWEAK used TWEED used TWEEN used TWEET used TWICE used TWINE used TWIRL used TWIST used TWIXT possible OWNED guess SWAIN guess SWANS guess SWAPS guess SWEDE guess SWIMS guess SWIPE guess SWISS guess TWAIN guess TWIGS guess TWINS guess AWARI guess AWARN guess AWATO guess AWAVE guess AWAYS guess AWDLS guess AWEEL guess AWETO guess AWING guess AWKIN guess AWMRY guess AWNED guess AWNER guess AWOLS guess AWORK guess BWANA guess BWAZI guess CWTCH guess DWAAL guess DWALE guess DWALM guess DWAMS guess DWAMY guess DWANG guess DWAUM guess DWEEB guess DWILE guess DWINE guess EWERS guess EWEST guess EWHOW guess EWKED guess GWINE guess HWYLS guess KWAAI guess KWELA guess KWINK guess KWIRL guess LWEIS guess OWARE guess OWARI guess OWCHE guess OWERS guess OWIES guess OWLED guess OWLER guess OWLET guess OWNIO guess OWRES guess OWRIE guess OWSEN guess PWNED guess SWABS guess SWACK guess SWADS guess SWAGE guess SWAGS guess SWAIL guess SWALE guess SWALY guess SWAMY guess SWANG guess SWANK guess SWAPT guess SWARD guess SWARE guess SWARF guess SWART guess SWATS guess SWAYL guess SWAYS guess SWEAL guess SWEED guess SWEEL guess SWEER guess SWEES guess SWEIR guess SWELT guess SWERF guess SWEYS guess SWIES guess SWIGS guess SWILE guess SWINK guess SWIRE guess SWITH guess SWITS guess SWIVE guess SWIZZ guess SWOBS guess SWOLE guess SWOLL guess SWOLN guess SWOPS guess SWOPT guess SWOTS guess SWOUN guess TWAES guess TWALS guess TWANK guess TWATS guess TWAYS guess TWEEL guess TWEEP guess TWEER guess TWERK guess TWERP guess TWIER guess TWILL guess TWILT guess TWINK guess TWINY guess TWIRE guess TWIRK guess TWIRP guess TWITE guess TWITS guess TWOCS guess TWOER guess TWONK guess TWYER guess

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Pattern guide

What fits _W___?

All 177 matching words are shown above. 45 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

62% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

SW 75/177 words (42%) WA 57/177 words (32%) WI 43/177 words (24%) TW 37/177 words (21%) WE 35/177 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 1% · one: 46% · two: 45% · three or more: 8%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _W___?
177 five-letter words match _W___ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 45 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SWARE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.33 bits against the possible answers.