4 Letter Words Ending in W

Common four-letter words that end in W

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• know 11/12 be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information
• show 10/9 give an exhibition of to an interested audience
• knew 11/12
• blow 9/11 exhale hard
• slow 7/8 lose velocity
• grow 8/9 pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute
• crew 9/10 the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
• draw 8/8 cause to move by pulling
• view 10/11 a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
• blew 9/11
• snow 7/8 precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
• grew 8/9
• drew 8/8 United States actor (born in Ireland)
• flew 10/11
• flow 10/11 the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
• shaw 10/9 United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
• chew 12/12 chew (food)
• chow 12/12 the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC
• stew 7/7 agitation resulting from active worry
• whew 13/12
• glow 8/10 an alert and refreshed state
• crow 9/10 dwell on with satisfaction
• claw 9/11 sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles
• flaw 10/11 an imperfection in an object or machine
• meow 9/10 the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
• brew 9/10 drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
• phew 12/12
• plow 9/11 to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
• brow 9/10 the part of the face above the eyes
• thaw 10/9 the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
• slew 7/8 (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• stow 7/7 fill by packing tightly
• anew 7/8 again but in a new or different way
• spew 9/10 expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
• gnaw 8/10 bite or chew on with the teeth
• craw 9/10 a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
• slaw 7/8 basically shredded cabbage
• scow 9/10 any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends
• chaw 12/12 a wad of something chewable as tobacco
• skew 11/11 turn or place at an angle
• prow 9/10 front part of a vessel or aircraft
• clew 9/11 a ball of yarn or cord or thread
• dhow 11/10 a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs
• avow 10/11 to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
• braw 9/10 brightly colored and showy
• trow 7/7
• alow 7/8
• enow 7/8
• frow 10/10
• smew 9/10 smallest merganser and most expert diver

All 57 four-letter words that end in W

Numbers are Scrabble points, then Words With Friends points.