5 Letter Words With WE

176 words (128 Scrabble US, 176 Scrabble UK, 128 WGPO, 118 Words With Friends, 32 everyday ★)

176 five-letter words contain WE. Common words first, then every word from A to Z.

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Common 5-letter words that contain WE

With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.

  • power★10possession of controlling influence
  • weeks★12a period of seven days
  • lower★8less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
  • sweet★8pleasing to the taste
  • tower★8a structure taller than its diameter
  • wells★8a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
  • weird★9mysteriously strange
  • fewer★11amounting to or consisting of a small number
  • newer★8not of long duration
  • jewel★15a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
  • sewer★8a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
  • towel★8a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping
  • sweat★8salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
  • sweep★10to clean by brushing away dirt
  • weigh★12to determine the weight of
  • wedge★10any shape that is triangular in cross section

All 176 words

A…

5-letter words with A (3)

Top score: ALOWE, 8 points (tied with two others)

B…

5-letter words with B (6)

Top score: BOWED, 11 points. to bend forward

C…

5-letter words with C (4)

Top score: COWED, 11 points (tied with one other). to intimidate

D…

5-letter words with D (9)

Top score: DWEEB, 11 points. an unattractive or inept person

E…

5-letter words with E (3)

Top score: EWERS, 8 points (tied with two others). a large pitcher

F…

5-letter words with F (1)

Top score: FEWER, 11 points. amounting to or consisting of a small number

H…

5-letter words with H (4)

Top score: HEWED, 12 points (tied with one other). to cut with an ax

J…

5-letter words with J (3)

Top score: JAWED, 16 points (tied with one other). to jabber

K…

5-letter words with K (5)

Top score: KAWED, 13 points

L…

5-letter words with L (6)

Top score: LOWED, 9 points (tied with one other). to utter the sound characteristic of cattle

M…

5-letter words with M (4)

Top score: MOWED, 11 points (tied with two others). to cut down standing herbage

N…

5-letter words with N (5)

Top score: NEWED, 9 points (tied with two others)

P…

5-letter words with P (4)

Top score: PAWED, 11 points. to strike or scrape with a beating motion

R…

5-letter words with R (7)

Top score: ROWED, 9 points (tied with one other). to propel by means of oars

S…

5-letter words with S (24)

Top score: SWERF, 11 points (tied with one other)

T…

5-letter words with T (16)

Top score: TWEAK, 12 points (tied with one other). to pinch and twist sharply

U…

5-letter words with U (2)

Top score: UNWED, 9 points. not wed

V…

5-letter words with V (3)

Top score: VOWED, 12 points. to make a solemn promise

W…

5-letter words with W (61)

Top score: WEIZE, 17 points

Y…

5-letter words with Y (5)

Top score: YAWEY, 14 points. pertaining to yaws (an infectious disease)

Z…

5-letter words with Z (1)

Top score: ZOWEE, 17 points. used to express surprise or pleasure

About these words

  • 176 of the 12,982 5-letter words contain WE (1%).
  • 128 are good in NWL2023, 176 in Collins Scrabble Words, 128 in WOW24 and 118 in the Words With Friends list. 32 are everyday words.
  • In Scrabble points, weize and zowee share the top score (17), then jawed, jowed and wexed (16 each).

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