Five-letter words with W as the fourth letter (___W_)

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What the remaining words have in common

143 matching words5 not previously used20 past answers

Position 1S 26%C 13%F 9%B 8%
Position 2R 25%H 18%L 18%N 10%
Position 3O 44%A 31%E 19%L 2%
Position 5S 45%N 16%Y 10%L 9%

25 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, D, F, G, K, P, S, T·2nd letter: C, H, L, N, P, R·3rd letter: A, O·5th letter: D, L, N, Y

Possible answers

13 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

BLOWN used BRAWL possible BRAWN used BROWN used CLOWN used CRAWL used CROWD used CROWN used DRAWL possible DRAWN used DROWN possible FLOWN used FROWN used GROWL used GROWN used KNOWN used PRAWN used PROWL used SCOWL used SHAWL used SHOWN used SHOWY used SNOWY possible SPAWN possible TRAWL used BLOWS guess BROWS guess CLAWS guess CREWS guess CROWS guess DRAWS guess FLAWS guess FLOWS guess GROWS guess KNOWS guess SHAWN guess SHOWS guess SLOWS guess VIEWS guess ADAWN guess ADAWS guess ADOWN guess ALEWS guess ALOWE guess AMOWT guess AVOWS guess BLAWN guess BLAWS guess BLOWY guess BRAWS guess BREWS guess CHAWK guess CHAWL guess CHAWS guess CHEWS guess CHEWY guess CHOWK guess CHOWS guess CLEWS guess CLOWS guess CRAWS guess CREWE guess CROWL guess DEAWS guess DEAWY guess DHOWS guess DROWS guess ENEWS guess ENOWS guess FATWA guess FETWA guess FLAWN guess FLAWY guess FLEWS guess FLOWY guess FROWS guess FROWY guess FULWA guess GLOWS guess GLOWY guess GNAWN guess GNAWS guess GNOWS guess GREWS guess HALWA guess KNAWE guess KNOWD guess KNOWE guess KOIWI guess KREWE guess MAHWA guess MALWA guess MEOWS guess PLEWS guess PLOWS guess PLOWT guess PROWK guess PROWS guess QUAWK guess QUAWS guess RIKWA guess SCAWS guess SCHWA guess SCOWP guess SCOWS guess SHAWM guess SHAWS guess SHEWN guess SHEWS guess SHOWD guess SKAWS guess SKEWS guess SLAWS guess SLEWS guess SMEWS guess SMOWT guess SNAWS guess SNOWK guess SNOWS guess SPAWL guess SPAWS guess SPEWS guess SPEWY guess STAWS guess STEWS guess STEWY guess STOWN guess STOWP guess STOWS guess THAWS guess THAWT guess THAWY guess THEWS guess THEWY guess THOWL guess TREWS guess TROWS guess UNOWN guess VIEWY guess VROWS guess WHEWS guess WHOWS guess WRAWL guess

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Pattern guide

What fits ___W_?

All 143 matching words are shown above. 25 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

76% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

WS 64/143 words (45%) OW 63/143 words (44%) AW 44/143 words (31%) EW 27/143 words (19%) WN 23/143 words (16%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 80% · two: 19% · three or more: 1%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match ___W_?
143 five-letter words match ___W_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 25 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, ALOWE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.1 bits against the possible answers.