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5-letter words ending in EW
There are 11 5-letter words ending in EW in the standard word-game list. The most common are screw, renew, shrew, askew, bedew, resew. Every five-letter word here is a valid Wordle guess, and the commonest ones are the likeliest answers.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| screw | someone who guards prisoners | 10 |
| renew | reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new | 8 |
| shrew | a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman | 11 |
| askew | turned or twisted toward one side | 12 |
| bedew | cover with drops of dew or as with dew | 11 |
| resew | sew again | 8 |
| sinew | a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment | 8 |
| strew | spread by scattering (‘straw’ is archaic) | 8 |
| unmew | To release from confinement or restraint. | 10 |
| unsew | To undo something sewn or enclosed by sewing; to rip apart; to take out the stitches of. | 8 |