5 Letter Words with W as 2nd and I as 3rd Letter

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  • AWING
  • DWINE
  • GWINE
  • OWING
  • SWIFT
  • SWIGS
  • SWILL
  • SWIMS
  • SWINE
  • SWING
  • SWINK
  • SWIPE
  • SWIRE
  • SWIRL
  • SWISH
  • SWISS
  • SWITH
  • SWIVE
  • SWIZZ
  • TWICE
  • TWIER
  • TWIGS
  • TWILL
  • TWILT
  • TWINE
  • TWINK
  • TWINS
  • TWINY
  • TWIRE
  • TWIRL
  • TWIRP
  • TWIST
  • TWITE
  • TWITS
  • TWIXT
Use ? for unknowns

Thirty five words carry W second and I third, and two openers cover nearly all of them.

TWI and SWI Split the Page Almost Evenly

T opens sixteen of the thirty five and S opens fifteen, which leaves very little for anything else. The first box is close to a coin flip between them.

  • TWICE
  • SWING
  • TWINS
  • TWIST
  • SWIFT

N Dominates the Box After the I

N takes it in eleven of the thirty five, well ahead of R on five. SWINE, SWING, TWINE, TWINS and TWINK all run through it.

That gives the page a lot of near pairs. SWINE and SWING differ in the last box, and so do TWINE, TWINS and TWINK, which makes the final letter the deciding one more often than not.

The WI Words You Will Actually Want

SWISS, TWICE, SWING, TWINS and TWIST are the most common. SWIFT, SWINE, TWILL and SWIRL all come up regularly.

TWIXT Is the Outlier Worth Knowing

It is a shortened form of betwixt and it carries no vowel after the I. Poets used it constantly to save a syllable, and it survives almost entirely in that context.

E closes ten of the thirty five and S closes six, with eleven letters appearing in the last box overall.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is TWIST or SWING the better opening

TWIST tests the T, S and the busy final T. SWING sits in the N branch which you would probably reach anyway.

How do TWIRL and SWIRL differ

Both describe spinning movement and they differ only in the opening letter. TWIRL suggests a deliberate turn and SWIRL a flowing one.

What does SWITH mean

Quickly or at once, in Scots. It is an adverb and appears mainly in older writing.

What is a TWITE

A small brown finch of northern moorland. TWIER, a nozzle in a furnace, sits nearby and is equally specialist.

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