5-Letter Words Starting With AW
There are 10 five-letter words starting with AW in our dictionary; 8 of them are common words.
Type your own letters to find only the 5-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
All 10 words
- awake12 points
- awful11 points
- award9 points
- aware8 points
- await8 points
- awoke12 points
- awing9 points
- awash11 points
- awned9 points
- awols8 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 10
- By usage: 7 very common, 1 common, 2 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- awake 12
- awoke 12
- awash 11
- awful 11
- award 9
- awing 9
- awned 9
- await 8
- aware 8
- awols 8
Most common
- awake
- awful
- award
- aware
- await
- awoke
- awing
- awash
- awned
- awols
Definitions
- awake (adjective)
- Not in a state of sleep; completely conscious.
- awful (adjective)
- Exceptionally bad or displeasing.
- award (noun)
- A grant made by a law court.
- aware (adjective)
- (sometimes followed by ‘of’) having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception.
This page lists every one of the 10 five-letter words starting with AW in our dictionary. Each word links to its own unscramble page when one exists, and the score badge shows its value with classic tiles. Common words come first, so AWAKE, AWFUL and AWARD sit near the top while the rare entries wait further down. If you are holding a specific rack, type it into the search box and the list narrows to the words you can actually play.
How to use this page
Read the list from the top if you want the everyday words, or jump to the quick facts for the highest scorers. Click any word with a link to see every shorter word hidden inside it. When you have a specific rack, the search box at the top filters the list down to the words you can play right now.
Tips
Hooks are single letters added to the front or back of an existing word to make a new one, and they are the cheapest way to score in a crowded game. Look through the words on this page for ones that become a different valid word with one more letter, or that can be formed by extending a shorter word already on the board. Suffixes such as S, ED, ER and ING, and prefixes such as RE and UN, do most of the work. A hook lets you play a second word in parallel and collect both scores.
Questions
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words starting with AW?
AWAKE scores 12 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.
Why are some of these words unfamiliar?
2 of the 10 words on this page are tagged rare, meaning they fall outside the usual spell-check vocabulary. They are still real words, and many are legal plays, but you should expect a challenge if someone asks you to define them.