Five-letter words with W in the middle (__W__)

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26 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, TOWEL produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, U, V·2nd letter: A, E, N, O·4th letter: D, E, K, L, N, R·5th letter: D, L, R, Y

Possible answers

14 more possible answers are in the full list below.

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

BAWDY used BOWEL possible COWER used DOWDY used DOWEL used DOWNY possible DOWRY used FEWER used GAWKY used HOWDY used JEWEL used LOWER used LOWLY used MOWER possible NEWER possible NEWLY used POWER used ROWDY used ROWER used SEWER possible SOWER used TAWNY used TOWEL used TOWER used UNWED possible VOWEL used BOWED guess BOWER guess BOWIE guess BOWLS guess COWAN guess DOWNS guess GOWNS guess HAWKS guess LAWNS guess LEWIS guess LOWRY guess ROWAN guess TOWED guess TOWNS guess VOWED guess AJWAN guess ALWAY guess ASWAY guess ASWIM guess BAWDS guess BAWKS guess BAWLS guess BAWNS guess BAWRS guess BAWTY guess BEWDY guess BEWET guess BEWIG guess BOWAT guess BOWES guess BOWET guess BOWNE guess BOWRS guess BOWSE guess BYWAY guess CAWED guess CAWKS guess COWAL guess COWED guess COWKS guess COWLS guess COWPS guess COWRY guess CRWTH guess DAWAH guess DAWDS guess DAWED guess DAWEN guess DAWGS guess DAWKS guess DAWNS guess DAWTS guess DEWAN guess DEWAR guess DEWAX guess DEWED guess DIWAN guess DOWAK guess DOWAR guess DOWDS guess DOWED guess DOWER guess DOWFS guess DOWIE guess DOWLE guess DOWLS guess DOWLY guess DOWNA guess DOWPS guess DOWSE guess DOWTS guess ETWEE guess FAWNS guess FAWNY guess FOWLS guess FOWTH guess GAWCY guess GAWDS guess GAWKS guess GAWPS guess GAWSY guess GOWAN guess GOWDS guess GOWFS guess GOWKS guess GOWLS guess HAWED guess HAWMS guess HAWSE guess HEWED guess HEWER guess HEWGH guess HOWAY guess HOWBE guess HOWES guess HOWFF guess HOWFS guess HOWKS guess HOWLS guess HOWRE guess HOWSO guess HOWTO guess IIWIS guess INWIT guess JAWAN guess JAWED guess JAWNS guess JEWED guess JEWIE guess JOWAR guess JOWED guess JOWLS guess JOWLY guess KAWAS guess KAWAU guess KAWED guess KIWIS guess LAWED guess LAWER guess LAWIN guess LAWKS guess LAWNY guess LAWSY guess LIWAA guess LIWAS guess LOWAN guess LOWED guess LOWEN guess LOWES guess LOWND guess LOWNE guess LOWNS guess LOWPS guess LOWSE guess LOWTH guess LOWTS guess MAWED guess MAWKS guess MAWKY guess MAWLA guess MAWNS guess MAWPS guess MAWRS guess MEWED guess MEWLS guess MOWAS guess MOWED guess MOWIE guess MOWRA guess NAWAB guess NAWAL guess NEWBS guess NEWED guess NEWEL guess NEWIE guess NEWSY guess NEWTS guess NGWEE guess NOWAY guess NOWDS guess NOWED guess NOWLS guess NOWTS guess NOWTY guess PAWAS guess PAWAW guess PAWED guess PAWER guess PAWKS guess PAWKY guess PAWLS guess PAWNS guess PEWED guess PEWEE guess

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Pattern guide

What fits __W__?

305 words match this pattern in the Wordle guess list. 26 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

74% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

OW 151/305 words (50%) AW 88/305 words (29%) WE 83/305 words (27%) EW 46/305 words (15%) WA 46/305 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 41% · two: 52% · three or more: 7%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __W__?
305 five-letter words match __W__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 26 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TAWER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.26 bits against the possible answers.