6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and W as the 6th letter

The pattern is fixed: A sits in position two, and W closes every answer. Narrow, marrow and barrow show a recurring -arrow ending, while fallow, wallow and callow share -allow. The Collins count is larger than the counts in ENABLE and NWL2023, so a word accepted in one game may not work in another.

At a glance at the count, endings and top score

• There are 26 tournament-dictionary matches, and every one ends in W.
• Collins includes 26 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 20.
• Haymow leads the scoring examples at 17 points; pawpaw scores 16.
• Narrow, marrow and barrow make the -arrow pattern easy to spot.
• Only five entries meet the page's common-word frequency cutoff.

Which words fit A in position two and W at the end?

The strongest visual clue is a group of familiar rhyming endings. Narrow, marrow, barrow, harrow and farrow all finish in -arrow; fallow, wallow, callow, tallow and mallow finish in -allow. Those families give you concrete candidates once the two fixed letters are confirmed.

Other recognizable shapes include cashew, warsaw and haymow. Pawpaw repeats its first three letters in its final three, while warsaw is a place name. The remaining matches include less familiar forms, so don't assume every entry will be accepted in every word game.

How to use the A-second, W-sixth pattern

Start by locking the pattern as _ A _ _ _ W, then test the endings you know: -arrow and -allow account for many of the examples shown here. If those fail, try other listed forms such as cashew, haymow or pawpaw rather than changing either fixed letter.

For a board game, haymow is the top scorer at 17 points, with pawpaw next at 16; cashew scores 14. The limitation is worth keeping in mind: only five matches are common by the frequency measure, so the full set includes obscure entries. Check your game's word list before committing one.