5-Letter Words With O and W
There are 204 five-letter words containing both O and W in our dictionary; 141 of them are common words.
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All 204 words
- known12 points
- knows12 points
- works12 points
- flown11 points
- shown11 points
- shows11 points
- throw11 points
- whole11 points
- whose11 points
- worry11 points
- worth11 points
- below10 points
- brown10 points
- power10 points
- woman10 points
- women10 points
- grown9 points
- grows9 points
- owing9 points
- words9 points
- world9 points
- would9 points
- wrong9 points
- allow8 points
- lower8 points
- owner8 points
- worse8 points
- worst8 points
- wrote8 points
- whoop13 points
- woken12 points
- crowd11 points
- flows11 points
- frown11 points
- vowel11 points
- blown10 points
- blows10 points
- crown10 points
- worms10 points
- drown9 points
- glows9 points
- owned9 points
- sword9 points
- woods9 points
- wound9 points
- arrow8 points
- slows8 points
- swore8 points
- sworn8 points
- tower8 points
- towns8 points
- showy14 points
- chows13 points
- dowdy13 points
- awoke12 points
- downy12 points
- dowry12 points
- rowdy12 points
- vowed12 points
- widow12 points
- wombs12 points
- woody12 points
- wordy12 points
- wowed12 points
- avows11 points
- bowed11 points
- cowed11 points
- fowls11 points
- howls11 points
- lowly11 points
- mowed11 points
- snowy11 points
- whore11 points
- wolfs11 points
- woofs11 points
- woven11 points
- yowls11 points
- bowel10 points
- bowls10 points
- brows10 points
- clown10 points
- cower10 points
- crows10 points
- elbow10 points
- meows10 points
- mower10 points
- plows10 points
- prowl10 points
- prows10 points
- scowl10 points
- swoop10 points
- aglow9 points
- downs9 points
- endow9 points
- gowns9 points
- growl9 points
- lowed9 points
- rowed9 points
- sowed9 points
- towed9 points
- wagon9 points
- wooed9 points
- snows8 points
- stows8 points
- swoon8 points
- towel8 points
- woozy20 points
- howdy15 points
- jowls15 points
- winos8 points
- oxbow17 points
- wacko14 points
- wormy13 points
- noway11 points
- whorl11 points
- wroth11 points
- bower10 points
- cowls10 points
- scows10 points
- dowel9 points
- dowse9 points
- owlet8 points
- rowel8 points
- rower8 points
- sower8 points
- wooer8 points
- jowly18 points
- wonky15 points
- blowy13 points
- whops13 points
- dhows12 points
- wonks12 points
- nohow11 points
- wodge10 points
- wolds9 points
- rowan8 points
- swots8 points
- whoso11 points
- dower9 points
- resow8 points
- trows8 points
- whomp15 points
- embow12 points
- vower11 points
- wahoo11 points
- bowse10 points
- woops10 points
- adown9 points
- dowie9 points
- gowan9 points
- woald9 points
- serow8 points
- strow8 points
- unwon8 points
- wools8 points
- howff17 points
- zowie17 points
- jowed16 points
- howks15 points
- jowar15 points
- womby15 points
- howfs14 points
- whoof14 points
- cahow13 points
- cowry13 points
- gowks13 points
- whamo13 points
- kotow12 points
- upbow12 points
- yowed12 points
- frows11 points
- howes11 points
- rowth11 points
- towny11 points
- vrouw11 points
- vrows11 points
- whort11 points
- woful11 points
- wooly11 points
- woosh11 points
- yowes11 points
- yowie11 points
- dowed10 points
- gowds10 points
- miaow10 points
- stowp10 points
- swobs10 points
- swops10 points
- wilco10 points
- indow9 points
- woads9 points
- awols8 points
- enows8 points
- lowes8 points
- lowse8 points
- nowts8 points
- owsen8 points
- rewon8 points
- rowen8 points
- sowar8 points
- swoun8 points
- towie8 points
- wonts8 points
- worts8 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 204
- By usage: 106 very common, 35 common, 63 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- woozy 20
- jowly 18
- howff 17
- oxbow 17
- zowie 17
- jowed 16
- howdy 15
- howks 15
- jowar 15
- jowls 15
Most common
- known
- knows
- works
- flown
- shown
- shows
- throw
- whole
- whose
- worry
Definitions
- known (adjective)
- Apprehended with certainty.
- works (noun)
- Buildings for carrying on industrial labor.
- throw (noun)
- The act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist).
- whole (adjective)
- Including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete.
Here is the complete list of five-letter words containing both O and W: 204 words in total. We sort common words to the top because they are the ones you are most likely to be looking for, whether you are solving a puzzle or checking a play. Words such as KNOWN and KNOWS lead the way. If you need something more specific, the search box accepts your own letters with question marks for blanks and applies this page's constraint automatically.
How to use this page
The quickest route to an answer is the search box: enter your letters, use a question mark for a blank, and the list shrinks to the playable words. If you would rather browse, the chips below are sorted with common words first, and the related links lead to neighbouring lists for other letters and lengths.
Tips
Most of the time you are not building a word in empty space but playing through a letter already on the board. That is where a list like this one earns its keep. Find the letter you need to play through, then filter these words with the contains box so only the ones with that letter remain. The best plays are usually the ones where the board letter sits in the middle of your word, because that leaves both ends free for future hooks and keeps the premium squares within reach.
Questions
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words containing both O and W?
WOOZY scores 20 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?
63 of the 204 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.