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5-Letter Words Starting with TW

There are 22 five-letter words that start with TW on Word.ws, from twain to twunk. The most common are twice, twist, tweet, twins and twain.

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

All 22 five-letter words that start with TW

  • twain8n. Pair, couple.
  • twang9n. The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a...
  • tweak12v. To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
  • tweed9n. A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.
  • tweek12n. A form of atmospherics (radio interference) produced when the...
  • tween8n. An action of tweening (inserting frames for continuity); a sequence of...
  • tweep10n. A chirp or beep.
  • tweet8n. The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
  • twerk12n. Synonym of twerking (“a sexually-provocative dance, involving the...
  • twerp10n. A fool, a twit.
  • twice10adv. Two times.
  • twill8n. A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular...
  • twine8n. A twist; a convolution.
  • twink12v. To twinkle; to sparkle.
  • twins8n. A woman's breasts.
  • twirl8n. A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
  • twirp10interj. An imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn.
  • twist8n. A twisting force.
  • twite8n. A small passerine bird, Linaria flavirostris (syn. Carduelis...
  • twixt15prep. Synonym of betwixt (“between”).
  • twonk12n. A stupid person.
  • twunk12n. A muscular twink.
9 rare five-letter words that start with TW

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with TW are there?
Word.ws lists 22 five-letter words that start with TW, plus 9 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with TW?
twice, twist, tweet, twins, twain, tweak, tweed and twine.
Which of the five-letter words that start with TW has the highest letter score?
twixt scores 15 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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