5 Letter Words Starting with W
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- wacke Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
n.. Alt. of Wacky - wacko Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
n.. a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad - wacky Scrabble 17 · WWF 17
n.. A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt. - waded Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
imp. & p. p.. of Wad - wader Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. One who, or that which, wades. - wafer Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients. - waged Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
imp. & p. p.. of Wage - wager Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
v. t.. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge. - wages Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2. - wagon Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise. - wahoo Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide - waist Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the thorax and hips. - waite Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. United States jurist who was appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1874 by President Grant (1816-1888) - waive Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
v. t.. A waif; a castaway. - wajda Scrabble 16 · WWF 18
n.. Polish filmmaker (born in 1929) - waked Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
imp. & p. p.. of Wake - waken Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
v. i.. To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened. - waker Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
n.. One who wakes. - wales Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria - wally Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid - walty Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
a.. Liable to roll over; crank; as, a walty ship. - waltz Scrabble 17 · WWF 18
n.. A dance performed by two persons in circular figures with a whirling motion; also, a piece of music composed in triple measure for this kind of dance. - wandy Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
a.. Long and flexible, like a wand. - waned Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
imp. & p. p.. of Wane - waney Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. A sharp or uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log not perfectly squared, or that is made in the process of squaring. See Wany, a. - wanly Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
adv.. In a wan, or pale, manner. - wanty Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of a beast; also, a leather tie; a short wagon rope. - wanze Scrabble 17 · WWF 18
v. i.. To wane; to wither. - wards Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
v. i.. Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc. - wares Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n. pl.. See 4th Ware. - warji Scrabble 15 · WWF 17
n.. a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria - warly Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
a.. Warlike. - warty Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
a.. Having warts; full of warts; overgrow with warts; as, a warty leaf. - washy Scrabble 14 · WWF 12
a.. Watery; damp; soft. - waste Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
a.. Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless. - watch Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
v. i.. The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive... - water Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc. - watts Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. English poet and theologian (1674-1748) - waugh Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
n.. English author of satirical novels (1903-1966) - waved Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
imp. & p. p.. of Wave - waver Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
v. i.. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter. - wavey Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
n.. The snow goose. - waxed Scrabble 16 · WWF 16
imp.. of Wax - waxen Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
of Wax - wayne Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. American general during the American Revolution (1745-1796) - weald Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; -- often used in place names. - weary Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
superl.. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued. - weave Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
v. t.. To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unit... - webby Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
a.. Of or pertaining to a web or webs; like a web; filled or covered with webs. - weber Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. The standard unit of electrical quantity, and also of current. See Coulomb, and Amp/re. - wedel Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
v.. ski, alternating directions - wedge Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy b... - wedgy Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
a.. Like a wedge; wedge-shaped. - weeds Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning - weedy Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
superl.. Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds. - weeny Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
a.. (used informally) very small; "a wee tot" - weepy Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
a.. liable to weep easily - weigh Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
n.. A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh. - weill Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. German composer; collaborated with Bertolt Brecht (1900-1950) - weird Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction. - weism Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. Same as Wegotism. - wekau Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
n.. A small New Zealand owl (Sceloglaux albifacies). It has short wings and long legs, and lives chiefly on the ground. - welch Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
a.. See Welsh. - wells Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and sc... - welsh Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
a.. Of or pertaining to Wales, or its inhabitants. - welty Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. United States writer about rural southern life (1909-2001) - wench Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
n.. A young woman; a girl; a maiden. - wende Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
imp. of Wene. - wends Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n. pl.. A Slavic tribe which once occupied the northern and eastern parts of Germany, of which a small remnant exists. - wenny Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
a.. Having the nature of a wen; resembling a wen; as, a wennish excrescence. - weser Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. a river in northwestern Germany that flows northward to the North Sea near Bremerhaven - westy Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
a.. Dizzy; giddy. - whack Scrabble 17 · WWF 17
v. t.. To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; to thrash; to make with whacks. - whale Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefl... - whame Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
n.. A breeze fly. - whang Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
n.. A leather thong. - wharf Scrabble 14 · WWF 13
n.. A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending... - wharl Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. Alt. of Wharling - wharp Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
n.. A kind of fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder. - whaup Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
n.. See Whaap. - wheal Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. A pustule; a whelk. - wheat Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race. - wheel Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in w... - wheen Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. A quantity; a goodly number. - wheft Scrabble 14 · WWF 13
n.. See Waft, n., 4. - whelk Scrabble 15 · WWF 15
n.. Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera; especially, Buccinum undatum, common on the coasts both of Europ... - whelm Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
v. t.. To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf. - whelp Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
n.. One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps. - where Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
pron. & conj.. Whether. - which Scrabble 16 · WWF 15
a.. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - whiff Scrabble 17 · WWF 16
n.. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke. - while Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him innocent. - whilk Scrabble 15 · WWF 15
n.. A kind of mollusk, a whelk. - whine Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
v. i.. To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, nasal ton... - whiny Scrabble 14 · WWF 13
a.. habitually complaining; "a whiny child" - whipt Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
imp. & p. p.. Whipped. - whirl Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
v. t.. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve. - whirr Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's wings"; "the whir of the propellers" - whish Scrabble 14 · WWF 12
v.. move with a whishing sound; "The car whished past her" - whisk Scrabble 15 · WWF 14
n.. A game at cards; whist. - whisp Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
n.. See Wisp. - whist Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
interj.. Be silent; be still; hush; silence. - white Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
superl.. Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy... - whizz Scrabble 29 · WWF 28
n.. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field - whole Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
a.. Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; t... - whomp Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
v.. beat overwhelmingly - whoof Scrabble 14 · WWF 13
noun. A short, sharp bark or growl, especially of a dog. - whoop Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
n.. The hoopoe. - whoot Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
v. i.. To hoot. - whore Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. - whorl Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n. & v.. A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem. - whort Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. The whortleberry, or bilberry. See Whortleberry (a). - whose Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
pron.. The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which. - whoso Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
pron.. Whosoever. - wicca Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
n.. the polytheistic nature religion of modern witchcraft whose central deity is a mother goddess; claims origins in pre-Christian pagan religions of western Europe - widdy Scrabble 13 · WWF 12
n.. A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch. - widen Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
v. t.. To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking. - widow Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
n.. A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband. - width Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
n.. The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door. - wield Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
v. t.. To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess. - wigan Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wiga... - wight Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
n.. Weight. - wilde Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. Irish writer and wit (1854-1900) - willy Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. A large wicker basket. - wilno Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. the capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in southeastern Lithuania - wimpy Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
a.. weak and ineffectual - wince Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
v. i.. To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back. - winch Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
v. i.. To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness. - windy Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
superl.. Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind. - winey Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
a.. having the taste of wine; "a rich winy taste" - wings Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. a means of flight or ascent; "necessity lends wings to inspiration" - wingy Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
a.. Having wings; rapid. - winze Scrabble 17 · WWF 18
n.. A small shaft sunk from one level to another, as for the purpose of ventilation. - wiped Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
imp. & p. p.. of Wipe - wiper Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. One who, or that which, wipes. - wired Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
imp. & p. p.. of Wire - wirer Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. a worker who installs and repairs electric wiring - wispy Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
a.. lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a build... - wisse Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
a.. To show; to teach; to inform; to guide; to direct. - wiste Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
imp.. of Wit - witch Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
n.. A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper. - witen Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
pl. pres. of Wit. - withe Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy. - withy Scrabble 14 · WWF 12
n.. The osier willow (Salix viminalis). See Osier, n. (a). - witty Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning. - wived Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
imp. & p. p.. of Wive - wiver Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. Alt. of Wivern - wives Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
pl.. of Wife - wizen Scrabble 17 · WWF 18
v. i.. To wither; to dry. - woald Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. See Weld. - wodan Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. chief god; counterpart of Norse Odin and Teutonic Wotan - woden Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. A deity corresponding to Odin, the supreme deity of the Scandinavians. Wednesday is named for him. See Odin. - woful Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
a.. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad. - wolfe Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. United States writer best known for his autobiographical novels (1900-1938) - wolff Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
n.. German anatomist (1733-1794) - wolof Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. the West African language of the Wolof in Senegal; related to Fula - woman Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person. - womby Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
a.. Capacious. - women Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
pl.. of Bedeswoman - wonky Scrabble 15 · WWF 15
a.. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stand... - woods Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area - woody Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
a.. Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land. - wooed Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
imp. & p. p.. of Woo - wooer Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
v. t.. One who wooes; one who courts or solicits in love; a suitor. - woofy Scrabble 14 · WWF 13
a.. Having a close texture; dense; as, a woofy cloud. - woold Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
v. t.. To wind, or wrap; especially, to wind a rope round, as a mast or yard made of two or more pieces, at the place where it has been fished or scarfed, in order... - woolf Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941) - wooly Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
a.. covered with dense often matted or curly hairs; "woolly lambs" - woosh Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
v.. move with a sibilant sound; "He whooshed the doors open" - wootz Scrabble 17 · WWF 17
n.. A species of steel imported from the East Indies, valued for making edge tools; Indian steel. It has in combination a minute portion of alumina and silica. - woozy Scrabble 20 · WWF 19
a.. having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "fe... - words Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. language that is spoken or written; "he has a gift for words"; "she put her thoughts into words" - wordy Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
superl.. Of or pertaining to words; consisting of words; verbal; as, a wordy war. - works Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
n.. performance of moral or religious acts; "salvation by deeds"; "the reward for good works" - world Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe. - wormy Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
superl.. Containing a worm; abounding with worms. - worry Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
v. t.. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth. - worse Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
compar.. Bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad or evil; less good; specifically, in poorer health; more sick; -- used both in a physical and moral... - worst Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
a.. Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse. - worth Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
v. i.. To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nou... - wotan Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. supreme Teutonic god; counterpart of Norse Odin and Anglo-Saxon Woden - would Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
imp.. of Will - wound Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
imp. & p. p.. of Wind - woven Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
p. p.. of Weave - wrack Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
n.. A thin, flying cloud; a rack. - wrapt Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
of Wrap - wrath Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
a.. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire. - wrawl Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
v. i.. To cry, as a cat; to waul. - wreak Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
v. i.. To reck; to care. - wreck Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
v. t. & n.. See 2d & 3d Wreak. - wrest Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
v. t.. To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting. - wrick Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
n.. a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) - wried Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
imp. & p. p.. of Wry - wring Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
v. t.. To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing. - wrist Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus. - write Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
v. t.. To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters call... - wrong Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
imp. of Wring. Wrung. - wroot Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
imp. of Write. Wrote. - wrote Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
imp.. of Write - wroth Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
a.. Full of wrath; angry; incensed; much exasperated; wrathful. - wrung Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
imp. & p. p.. of Wring - wryly Scrabble 14 · WWF 13
adv.. in a wry manner; "`I see,' he commented wryly" - wuhan Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. a city of central China on the Chang Jiang; the commercial and industrial center of central China - wyatt Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542) - wyeth Scrabble 14 · WWF 12
n.. United States painter (born in 1917) - wyler Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. United States filmmaker (1902-1981) - wylie Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. United States poet (1885-1928)