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5-Letter Words Ending in OW

There are 15 five-letter words ending in OW on Word.ws, from ablow to widow. The most common are below, allow, throw, arrow and widow.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 15 five-letter words ending in OW

  • ablow10adj. Blowing or being blown; windy.
  • aglow9adj. Glowing; radiant.
  • allow8v. To let one have as a suitable share of something.
  • arrow8n. A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing...
  • below10prep. Lower in spatial position than.
  • blaow10interj. A sudden explosion, gunshot, or similar sound.
  • cahow13n. An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird (Pterodroma cahow), from Bermuda.
  • elbow10n. The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
  • endow9v. To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a...
  • madow11n. Heroin.
  • miaow10n. UK spelling of meow.
  • oxbow17n. A U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts of...
  • serow8n. Any of several species of Asian ungulates of the genus Capricornis.
  • throw11v. To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an...
  • widow12n. A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not...
23 rare five-letter words ending in OW

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words ending in OW are there?
Word.ws lists 15 five-letter words ending in OW, plus 23 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words ending in OW?
below, allow, throw, arrow, widow, elbow, endow and aglow.
Which of the five-letter words ending in OW has the highest letter score?
oxbow scores 17 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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