Words that end in W
There are 405 words that end in w in this list, most common first. Filter by letters or length.
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The most-used words that end in w, and what they mean
These are the 14 that come up most often in written English, so they are the ones worth knowing first.
- new
- adjectiveRecently made, or created.
- now
- adverbAt the present time.
- how
- adverb(interrogative) In what manner:
- know
- verb(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.
- few
- noun(British) The pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain.
- law
- noun(usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
- view
- nounThe act of seeing or looking at something.
- low
- adjectiveSituated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
- show
- verb(transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
- saw
- nounA tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.
- knew
- verb(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.
- below
- adverbIn or to a lower place.
- review
- nounAn account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
- flow
- nounMovement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
Of the 405 words in this list, 334 can be used as a noun, including new, now, how, know, few. Plenty of words do more than one job: state is a noun, a verb and an adjective depending on how you use it, which is why these numbers add up to more than the list itself.
How this list is built
The words come from the Datamuse language API, then get cleaned up, because the raw output is not much use on its own. Each word is checked against an English dictionary, with a frequency floor for anything not in it, so ordinary inflections survive while noise does not. Roman numerals, fragments and vowel-less abbreviations are stripped out.
What is left is ranked by how often each word actually appears in written English. That ordering is the point: it puts the words you might actually want at the top. The full method is on how we build these.
Common questions
How many words that end in w are there?
This list holds 405, filtered to real dictionary words and ranked by how common they are. English has more if you count obscure and archaic ones, but they are little use to anybody.
Can a word ending in W be a noun?
Yes. 334 of the 405 words on this list can be used as a noun. The breakdown above shows how many work as verbs, adjectives and adverbs too.
How are the words ordered?
By how often each word appears in written English, most common first, so the useful ones are at the top rather than buried under rarities. See how we build these.
Can I search inside the list?
Yes. The filter box narrows the list as you type, and where a list mixes lengths there are buttons to show only words of a given length.