Wordle HintsWords ending in W are few and distinctive — ARROW, BELOW, THROW, ELBOW, SCREW. A final W is rare enough that confirming one sharply narrows the field, and it usually follows an O or an E. The -OW and -EW families cover most of the common cases.
There are 68 five-letter words ending in W in the full Wordle guess list, and 17 of them appear on the official answer list. The list below is complete and alphabetised, so you can scan for a word that fits the green and yellow tiles you already have.
Likely Wordle answers ending in W
These 17 words come from the official answer list — the curated set of everyday words Wordle actually draws from. If you know the puzzle ending in W, start your guessing here, because the solution is almost certainly one of them.
All 68 valid five-letter words ending in W
Every word here is a legal Wordle guess. The rarer ones will almost never be the answer, but they are perfect for burning a turn to test fresh letters when you are stuck.
Turn the list into a solved puzzle
Spotting candidates is half the job. Once you have a couple of coloured tiles, drop your clues into the free Wordle solver and it will narrow 68 words down to the handful that actually fit. For openers that expose these letters fastest, see the best Wordle starting words.
More lists like this one live in the 5-letter word list directory. You can also browse 5-letter words ending in U, 5-letter words ending in X, 5-letter words starting with W.