Spotting a W followed by an E in the middle of a crossword answer hints at a familiar habit of 5 letter words with WE.
The habit belongs to comparatives, where FEWER and NEWER spell the pair by accident, the W third and the E fourth.
If a clue asks for a comparative, try WER in the final squares of the answer, as LOWER spells it.
List of 5 Letter Words With WE
- BOWEL
- COWER
- DOWEL
- DWELL
- DWELT
- FEWER
- JEWEL
- LOWER
- MOWER
- NEWER
- POWER
- ROWER
- SEWER
- SOWER
- SWEAR
- SWEAT
- SWEEP
- SWEET
- SWELL
- SWEPT
- TOWEL
- TOWER
- TWEAK
- TWEED
- TWEET
- UNWED
- VOWEL
- WEARY
- WEAVE
- WEDGE
- WEEDY
- WEIGH
- WEIRD
- WELCH
- WELSH
- WENCH
- WEEKS
- WELLS
- ADAWE
- ALOWE
- AVOWE
- AWEEK
- AWEEL
- AWEST
- AWETO
- BEWET
- BOWED
- BOWER
- BOWES
- BOWET
- CAWED
- COWED
- CREWE
- DAWED
- DAWEN
- DEWED
- DEWER
- DEWEY
- DOWED
- DOWER
- DWEEB
- ENWEB
- ETWEE
- EWERS
- EWERY
- EWEST
- FANWE
- FLOWE
- GWEED
- GWELY
- HALWE
- HAWED
- HAWER
- HEWED
- HEWEL
- HEWER
- HOWEA
- HOWEL
- HOWES
- JAWED
- JEWED
- JOWED
- JOWEL
- JOWER
- KAWED
- KEAWE
- KNAWE
- KNOWE
- KREWE
- KWELA
- LAWED
- LAWER
- LOWED
- LOWEN
- LOWES
- LWEIS
- MAWED
- MEWED
- MEWER
- MOWED
- NEWED
- NEWEL
- NGWEE
- NOWED
- NOWEL
- OWERS
- PAWED
- PAWER
- PEWED
- PEWEE
- RAWER
- REWED
- REWET
- ROWED
- ROWEL
- ROWEN
- ROWET
- SAWED
- SAWER
- SEWED
- SEWEL
- SEWEN
- SOWED
- SOWEL
- SWEAL
- SWEDE
- SWEED
- SWEEL
- SWEER
- SWEES
- SWEGO
- SWEIR
- SWELP
- SWELT
- SWERD
- SWERF
- SWEYS
- TAWED
- TAWER
- TEWED
- TEWEL
- TEWER
- TOWED
- TWEAG
- TWEEG
- TWEEL
- TWEEN
- TWEEP
- TWEER
- TWEIL
- TWERE
- TWERK
- TWERP
- UNWEB
- UNWET
- VOWED
- VOWER
- WAWES
- WEAKY
- WEALD
- WEALS
- WEAMB
- WEANS
- WEARS
- WEBBY
- WEBER
- WECHT
- WEDEL
- WEDGY
- WEEDA
- WEEDS
- WEEIS
- WEEKE
- WEELS
- WEEMS
- WEENS
- WEENT
- WEENY
- WEEPS
- WEEPY
- WEESH
- WEEST
- WEETE
- WEETS
- WEETY
- WEEZE
- WEFTE
- WEFTS
- WEFTY
- WEHEE
- WEIDS
- WEILS
- WEIRS
- WEISE
- WEISM
- WEIZE
- WEKAS
- WEKAU
- WELDS
- WELKE
- WELKS
- WELKT
- WELLY
- WELTS
- WEMBS
- WEMMY
- WENDE
- WENDI
- WENDS
- WENDY
- WENGE
- WENNY
- WENTS
- WEREN
- WERFS
- WEROS
- WERSH
- WESTE
- WESTS
- WESTY
- WETAS
- WETLY
- WEVET
- WEXED
- WEXES
- WEZEN
- WOWED
- WOWEE
- YAWED
- YAWEY
- YEWEN
- YOWED
- YOWES
- ZOWEE
Common 5 Letter Words With WE
- POWER
- LOWER
- SWEET
- WEIRD
- TOWER
- FEWER
- WELSH
- NEWER
- JEWEL
- WEEKS
- WELLS
5 Letter Words With WE for Wordle
- NEWER
- TOWER
- LOWER
- POWER
- SWEET
- WEIRD
- FEWER
- WELSH
- JEWEL
- SWEAR
- TWEET
- SWEAT
- WEIGH
- SWEEP
- SWEPT
- TOWEL
- SEWER
- SWELL
- WEDGE
- WEARY
- DWELL
- BOWEL
- WEAVE
- WELCH
- VOWEL
- TWEAK
- TWEED
- ROWER
- MOWER
- WENCH
- DWELT
- COWER
- UNWED
- DOWEL
- WEEDY
- SOWER
5 Letter Words With WE by Position
5 Letter Words Starting With WE
- WEIRD
- WELSH
- WEIGH
- WEDGE
- WEARY
- WEAVE
- WELCH
- WENCH
- WEEDY
- WEEKS
- WELLS
- WEARS
5 Letter Words With WE as Second and Third Letters
- SWEET
- SWEAR
- TWEET
- SWEAT
- SWEEP
- SWEPT
- SWELL
- DWELL
- TWEAK
- TWEED
- DWELT
- SWEDE
5 Letter Words With WE as Third and Fourth Letters
- POWER
- LOWER
- TOWER
- FEWER
- NEWER
- JEWEL
- TOWEL
- SEWER
- BOWEL
- VOWEL
- ROWER
- MOWER
5 Letter Words Ending in WE
- CREWE
- KREWE
- KNOWE
- FLOWE
- KEAWE
- ADAWE
- ALOWE
- AVOWE
- FANWE
- HALWE
- KNAWE
5 Letter Words With WE and Another Letter
5 Letter Words With WE and E
- SWEET
- FEWER
- NEWER
- JEWEL
- TWEET
- SWEEP
- SEWER
- WEDGE
- WEAVE
- TWEED
- WEEDY
- WEEKS
5 Letter Words With WE and S
- SWEET
- WELSH
- SWEAR
- SWEAT
- SWEEP
- SWEPT
- SEWER
- SWELL
- SOWER
- WEEKS
- WELLS
- WEARS
5 Letter Words With WE and D
- WEIRD
- WEDGE
- DWELL
- TWEED
- DWELT
- UNWED
- DOWEL
- WEEDY
- WENDY
- WEEDS
- DEWEY
- VOWED
5 Letter Words With WE and R
- POWER
- LOWER
- WEIRD
- TOWER
- FEWER
- NEWER
- SWEAR
- SEWER
- WEARY
- ROWER
- MOWER
- COWER
5 Letter Words With WE and T
- SWEET
- TOWER
- TWEET
- SWEAT
- SWEPT
- TOWEL
- TWEAK
- TWEED
- DWELT
- TOWED
- TWEEN
- WESTS
5 Letter Words With WE and O
- POWER
- LOWER
- TOWER
- TOWEL
- BOWEL
- VOWEL
- ROWER
- MOWER
- COWER
- DOWEL
- SOWER
- VOWED
5 Letter Words With WE by Starting Letter
5 Letter Words With WE Starting With D
- DWELL
- DWELT
- DOWEL
- DEWEY
- DOWER
- DWEEB
- DAWED
- DAWEN
- DEWED
- DEWER
- DOWED
5 Letter Words With WE Starting With S
- SWEET
- SWEAR
- SWEAT
- SWEEP
- SWEPT
- SEWER
- SWELL
- SOWER
- SWEDE
- SEWED
- SAWED
- SOWED
5 Letter Words With WE Starting With T
- TOWER
- TWEET
- TOWEL
- TWEAK
- TWEED
- TOWED
- TWEEN
- TWERK
- TWERP
- TWEEP
- TWERE
- TWEEL
5 Letter Words With WE Starting With W
- WEIRD
- WELSH
- WEIGH
- WEDGE
- WEARY
- WEAVE
- WELCH
- WENCH
- WEEDY
- WEEKS
- WELLS
- WEARS
Meanings of 5 Letter Words With WE
- ROWEL: A small spiked wheel at the end of a spur.
- PEWEE: Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America.
- WEDEL: Ski, alternating directions.
- NEWEL: The central pillar of a circular staircase.
- HEWER: A person who hews.
- TWERP: Someone who is regarded as contemptible.
- SOWER: Someone who sows. It is on the answer list.
- WEALD: An area of open or forested country.
- WEEPY: Liable to weep easily.
- DWEEB: An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious.
- WEEDY: Abounding with or resembling weeds. It is on the answer list.
- DOWEL: A fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together. It is on the answer list.
- WEBBY: Having open interstices or resembling a web.
- DOWER: Furnish with an endowment.
FAQs
What are 5 letter words with WE?
There are 234 of them. The everyday ones include POWER, LOWER, SWEET, WEIRD and TOWER.
How many 5 letter words have WE in them?
234 in total, and 36 of them are on the Wordle answer list.
Which 5 letter words with WE are Wordle answers?
36 of them have been answers, among them FEWER, WELSH, NEWER, JEWEL and SWEAR.
What 5 letter words have WE in the middle?
144 of them, including POWER, LOWER, SWEET, TOWER and FEWER.
Can a Wordle answer have WE side by side?
Yes. POWER, LOWER and SWEET all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.
Do any of these use the same letter twice?
Yes. WEEKS and SWEET are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is KNAWE really a word?
Yes. Widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
POWER. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.
Are all of these accepted as guesses?
Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. ZOWEE and YOWES are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.
Which of these would most players overlook?
COWER, DOWEL and SOWER. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.
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