5-Letter Words With N and W
There are 149 five-letter words containing both N and W in our dictionary; 97 of them are common words.
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All 149 words
- known12 points
- knows12 points
- flown11 points
- shown11 points
- brown10 points
- woman10 points
- women10 points
- drawn9 points
- grown9 points
- owing9 points
- wrong9 points
- owner8 points
- wants8 points
- warns8 points
- woken12 points
- frown11 points
- newly11 points
- blown10 points
- crown10 points
- drown9 points
- owned9 points
- swing9 points
- winds9 points
- wings9 points
- wound9 points
- newer8 points
- renew8 points
- sworn8 points
- towns8 points
- twins8 points
- wines8 points
- winch13 points
- downy12 points
- waken12 points
- windy12 points
- winks12 points
- fawns11 points
- newsy11 points
- snowy11 points
- tawny11 points
- whens11 points
- whine11 points
- woven11 points
- yawns11 points
- brawn10 points
- clown10 points
- pawns10 points
- prawn10 points
- spawn10 points
- wince10 points
- awing9 points
- dawns9 points
- downs9 points
- endow9 points
- gnaws9 points
- gowns9 points
- swung9 points
- twang9 points
- wagon9 points
- wands9 points
- waned9 points
- widen9 points
- wined9 points
- wring9 points
- wrung9 points
- lawns8 points
- newts8 points
- sinew8 points
- snows8 points
- swans8 points
- swine8 points
- swoon8 points
- twine8 points
- wanes8 points
- weans8 points
- wrens8 points
- swank12 points
- winos8 points
- waxen15 points
- whiny14 points
- wench13 points
- noway11 points
- wanly11 points
- unwed9 points
- wends9 points
- newel8 points
- swain8 points
- twain8 points
- wonky15 points
- wonks12 points
- nohow11 points
- weeny11 points
- rowan8 points
- shewn11 points
- tween8 points
- wains8 points
- weens8 points
- winze17 points
- wizen17 points
- swink12 points
- wheen11 points
- whins11 points
- bwana10 points
- nawab10 points
- adown9 points
- awned9 points
- dewan9 points
- diwan9 points
- gowan9 points
- ngwee9 points
- sewan8 points
- unwon8 points
- jawan15 points
- fawny14 points
- whang12 points
- wingy12 points
- wynds12 points
- lawny11 points
- shawn11 points
- towny11 points
- twiny11 points
- waney11 points
- wenny11 points
- winey11 points
- wynns11 points
- blawn10 points
- unmew10 points
- dawen9 points
- dwine9 points
- gnawn9 points
- indow9 points
- swang9 points
- wigan9 points
- wrang9 points
- enows8 points
- newie8 points
- nowts8 points
- owsen8 points
- rawin8 points
- rewan8 points
- rewin8 points
- rewon8 points
- rowen8 points
- snaws8 points
- swoun8 points
- unsew8 points
- unwit8 points
- witan8 points
- wonts8 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 149
- By usage: 76 very common, 21 common, 52 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- winze 17
- wizen 17
- jawan 15
- waxen 15
- wonky 15
- fawny 14
- whiny 14
- wench 13
- winch 13
- downy 12
Most common
- known
- knows
- flown
- shown
- brown
- woman
- women
- drawn
- grown
- owing
Definitions
- known (adjective)
- Apprehended with certainty.
- brown (adjective)
- Of a color similar to that of wood or earth.
- woman (noun)
- An adult female person (as opposed to a man).
- drawn (adjective)
- Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering.
The five-letter words that contain both N and W number 149 in our dictionary. About 97 of them are common, which is the group most players will recognise on sight, and the remainder are rarer words that still count in the majority of games. The list is complete, computed from the full word list rather than typed by hand, so you can trust that nothing is missing. The best scorer is WINZE, at 17 points.
How to use this page
Type your letters into the box at the top, including a question mark for any blank, and press search to filter this list to the words you can spell. Or read the list as it is: common words come first, scores are shown on each chip, and any word with a link has its own page of sub-words and anagrams.
Tips
A word list is also a study tool. Reading through the five-letter words containing both N and W once or twice is enough to make the unusual ones familiar, and familiarity is what lets you spot a play under time pressure. Try covering the list and writing down as many as you can, then compare. Use the definitions on this page to attach meaning to the words you did not know, since a word with a meaning sticks far better than a string of letters. Return to the list after a few days and repeat.
Questions
Which five-letter words containing both N and W are the most common?
KNOWN, KNOWS and FLOWN are among the most familiar. The list is sorted with everyday words first, and the very common ones carry a small dot, so you can read the top of the page and skip the obscure entries at the bottom.
Can I search this list with my own letters?
Yes. Type your letters into the search box at the top of the page, using a question mark for a blank, and the tool will show only the five-letter words containing both N and W you can actually spell from that rack, with scores.