Five-letter position pattern
5 Letter Words with W as 2nd and E as 5th Letter
Stuck on a grid with W in the second box and E at the end? These words are the likeliest fits. W in the second box forms blends and vowel pairs such as SW, TW, AW and OW. A silent final E is one of the most familiar features of English spelling.
30matching five-letter words
5 Letter Words with W as 2nd and E as 5th Letter
- awake
- awane
- aware
- awave
- awide
- awoke
- dwale
- dwile
- dwine
- gwine
- owche
- owrie
- swage
- swale
- swape
- sware
- swede
- swile
- swine
- swipe
- swire
- swive
- swore
- swure
- twale
- twere
- twice
- twine
- twire
- twite
What the Common Words Have in Common
The first box is most often A as in AWARE, S as in SWIPE and T as in TWICE. In the middle, the third box tends to hold I in TWICE, A in AWARE and O in SWORE. The fourth box is most often R in AWARE and K in AWAKE.
Useful five-letter words
TWICE, AWARE, AWAKE, SWIPE and SWORE are the entries you are most likely to meet. SWINE and AWOKE are worth keeping in reserve.
- TWICE
- AWARE
- AWAKE
- SWIPE
- SWORE
A Smart Way to Use Both Letters
The first box is the biggest unknown, and A, S and T are the strongest openers to test. If the opener comes back grey, test I in the third box, since it is the single most common middle letter here. The fixed W and E do a lot of the work, so use your guesses on the three open boxes rather than on those two letters.
Using These Words in Scrabble
In Scrabble, W is worth four points and E is worth one point. Words like TWICE, AWARE and AWAKE are handy to remember when you hold both of these letters.
Frequently asked questions
What are some common 5 letter words with W as 2nd and E as 5th letter
TWICE, AWARE, AWAKE, SWIPE and SWORE are among the best known. SWINE and AWOKE are good follow ups.
Which letters usually start words with W second and E fifth
A, S and T are the usual openers, as in AWARE, SWIPE and TWICE. Testing one of them in the first box is the quickest way to narrow the list.
What does a final E tell me about the word
A silent final E is one of the most familiar features of English spelling. TWICE and AWARE show the pattern.