5-letter words with W as the 2nd letter and E as the 4th letter

W in the second slot and E in the fourth leaves the first, third and last letters to fill. Ten of the thirty-one words begin TW- and eight begin OW-, so two openings carry most of the set. Just six count as common words, and only five are Wordle answers.

5-letter words with W as the 2nd letter and E as the 4th letter

• Thirty-one words put W second and E fourth.
• Ten open with TW- and eight with OW-, so those two families hold more than half the set.
• Collins holds 28 of the 31; NWL2023 takes 19 and ENABLE 15.
• Six count as common: OWNER, OWNED, SWEEP, SWEET, TWEED and TWEET.
• EWKED is the top scorer at just 13 points, and the group average is 8.7.

Which consonants lead a W-second word?

The opening letter is not free at all. TW- accounts for 10 words, OW- for 8 and SW- for 7, and no other pair clears three. A TW, OW or SW opening still leaves 25 candidates, while the four remaining openings together leave only six.

A second letter of W is scarce in general: 31 words here, against 505 that put A second and 436 that put O second. That scarcity pays off in a puzzle, because confirming a W in position two wipes out most of the alphabet in one step.

Low scores, strong Wordle answers

The tile values are thin for a five-letter group. EWKED, on the strength of its K, is the best play at 13 points; DWEEB, PWNED and TWYER reach 11; SWEEP and TWEET sit on 10; TWEED and OWNED land on 9. Across all thirty-one words the average is only 8.7.

Wordle is where the pattern earns its keep. SWEET, SWEEP, TWEET, TWEED and OWNER are answers, and all five are common words as well. Another twelve entries survive on Collins alone, including EWKED, AWEEL and TWYER, so they are wasted guesses on a North American list.