5 letter words starting with w

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  • WAACS
  • WACKE
  • WACKO
  • WACKS
  • WACKY
  • WADAS
  • WADDS
  • WADDY
  • WADED
  • WADER
  • WADES
  • WADGE
  • WADIS
  • WADTS
  • WAFER
  • WAFFS
  • WAFTS
  • WAGED
  • WAGER
  • WAGES
  • WAGGA
  • WAGON
  • WAGYU
  • WAHAY
  • WAHEY
  • WAHOO
  • WAIDE
  • WAIFS
  • WAIFT
  • WAILS
  • WAINS
  • WAIRS
  • WAIST
  • WAITE
  • WAITS
  • WAIVE
  • WAKAS
  • WAKED
  • WAKEN
  • WAKER
  • WAKES
  • WAKFS
  • WALDO
  • WALDS
  • WALED
  • WALER
  • WALES
  • WALIE
  • WALIS
  • WALKS
  • WALLA
  • WALLS
  • WALLY
  • WALTY
  • WALTZ
  • WAMED
  • WAMES
  • WAMUS
  • WANDS
  • WANED
  • WANES
  • WANEY
  • WANGS
  • WANKS
  • WANKY
  • WANLE
  • WANLY
  • WANNA
  • WANTA
  • WANTS
  • WANTY
  • WANZE
  • WAQFS
  • WARBS
  • WARBY
  • WARDS
  • WARED
  • WARES
  • WAREZ
  • WARKS
  • WARMS
  • WARNS
  • WARPS
  • WARRE
  • WARST
  • WARTS
  • WARTY
  • WASES
  • WASHI
  • WASHY
  • WASMS
  • WASPS
  • WASPY
  • WASTE
  • WASTS
  • WATAP
  • WATCH
  • WATER
  • WATTS
  • WAUFF
  • WAUGH
  • WAUKS
  • WAULK
  • WAULS
  • WAURS
  • WAVED
  • WAVER
  • WAVES
  • WAVEY
  • WAWAS
  • WAWES
  • WAWLS
  • WAXED
  • WAXEN
  • WAXER
  • WAXES
  • WAYED
  • WAZIR
  • WAZOO
  • WEALD
  • WEALS
  • WEAMB
  • WEANS
  • WEARS
  • WEARY
  • WEAVE
  • WEBBY
  • WEBER
  • WECHT
  • WEDEL
  • WEDGE
  • WEDGY
  • WEEDS
  • WEEDY
  • WEEIS
  • WEEKE
  • WEEKS
  • WEELS
  • WEEMS
  • WEENS
  • WEENY
  • WEEPS
  • WEEPY
  • WEEST
  • WEETE
  • WEETS
  • WEFTE
  • WEFTS
  • WEIDS
  • WEIGH
  • WEILS
  • WEIRD
  • WEIRS
  • WEISE
  • WEIZE
  • WEKAS
  • WELCH
  • WELDS
  • WELKE
  • WELKS
  • WELKT
  • WELLS
  • WELLY
  • WELSH
  • WELTS
  • WEMBS
  • WENCH
  • WENDS
  • WENGE
  • WENNY
  • WENTS
  • WERFS
  • WEROS
  • WERSH
  • WESTS
  • WETAS
  • WETLY
  • WEXED
  • WEXES
  • WHACK
  • WHALE
  • WHAMO
  • WHAMS
  • WHANG
  • WHAPS
  • WHARE
  • WHARF
  • WHATA
  • WHATS
  • WHAUP
  • WHAUR
  • WHEAL
  • WHEAR
  • WHEAT
  • WHEEK
  • WHEEL
  • WHEEN
  • WHEEP
  • WHEFT
  • WHELK
  • WHELM
  • WHELP
  • WHENS
  • WHERE
  • WHETS
  • WHEWS
  • WHEYS
  • WHICH
  • WHIDS
  • WHIES
  • WHIFF
  • WHIFT
  • WHIGS
  • WHILE
  • WHILK
  • WHIMS
  • WHINE
  • WHINS
  • WHINY
  • WHIOS
  • WHIPS
  • WHIPT
  • WHIRL
  • WHIRR
  • WHIRS
  • WHISH
  • WHISK
  • WHISS
  • WHIST
  • WHITE
  • WHITS
  • WHITY
  • WHIZZ
  • WHOLE
  • WHOMP
  • WHOOF
  • WHOOP
  • WHOOT
  • WHOPS
  • WHORE
  • WHORL
  • WHORT
  • WHOSE
  • WHOSO
  • WHOWS
  • WHUMP
  • WHUPS
  • WHYDA
  • WICCA
  • WICKS
  • WICKY
  • WIDDY
  • WIDEN
  • WIDER
  • WIDES
  • WIDOW
  • WIDTH
  • WIELD
  • WIELS
  • WIFED
  • WIFES
  • WIFEY
  • WIFIE
  • WIFTS
  • WIFTY
  • WIGAN
  • WIGGA
  • WIGGY
  • WIGHT
  • WIKIS
  • WILCO
  • WILDS
  • WILED
  • WILES
  • WILGA
  • WILIS
  • WILJA
  • WILLS
  • WILLY
  • WILTS
  • WIMPS
  • WIMPY
  • WINCE
  • WINCH
  • WINDS
  • WINDY
  • WINED
  • WINES
  • WINEY
  • WINGE
  • WINGS
  • WINGY
  • WINKS
  • WINKY
  • WINNA
  • WINNS
  • WINOS
  • WINZE
  • WIPED
  • WIPER
  • WIPES
  • WIRED
  • WIRER
  • WIRES
  • WIRRA
  • WIRRI
  • WISED
  • WISER
  • WISES
  • WISHA
  • WISHT
  • WISPS
  • WISPY
  • WISTS
  • WITAN
  • WITCH
  • WITED
  • WITES
  • WITHE
  • WITHS
  • WITHY
  • WITTY
  • WIVED
  • WIVER
  • WIVES
  • WIZEN
  • WIZES
  • WIZZO
  • WOADS
  • WOADY
  • WOALD
  • WOCKS
  • WODGE
  • WODGY
  • WOFUL
  • WOJUS
  • WOKEN
  • WOKER
  • WOKKA
  • WOLDS
  • WOLFS
  • WOLLY
  • WOLVE
  • WOMAN
  • WOMAS
  • WOMBS
  • WOMBY
  • WOMEN
  • WOMYN
  • WONGA
  • WONGI
  • WONKS
  • WONKY
  • WONTS
  • WOODS
  • WOODY
  • WOOED
  • WOOER
  • WOOFS
  • WOOFY
  • WOOLD
  • WOOLS
  • WOOLY
  • WOONS
  • WOOPS
  • WOOPY
  • WOOSE
  • WOOSH
  • WOOTZ
  • WOOZY
  • WORDS
  • WORDY
  • WORKS
  • WORKY
  • WORLD
  • WORMS
  • WORMY
  • WORRY
  • WORSE
  • WORST
  • WORTH
  • WORTS
  • WOULD
  • WOUND
  • WOVEN
  • WOWED
  • WOWEE
  • WOWSE
  • WOXEN
  • WRACK
  • WRANG
  • WRAPS
  • WRAPT
  • WRAST
  • WRATE
  • WRATH
  • WRAWL
  • WREAK
  • WRECK
  • WRENS
  • WREST
  • WRICK
  • WRIED
  • WRIER
  • WRIES
  • WRING
  • WRIST
  • WRITE
  • WRITS
  • WROKE
  • WRONG
  • WROOT
  • WROTE
  • WROTH
  • WRUNG
  • WRYER
  • WRYLY
  • WUDDY
  • WUDUS
  • WUFFS
  • WULLS
  • WUNGA
  • WURST
  • WUSES
  • WUSHU
  • WUSSY
  • WUXIA
  • WYLED
  • WYLES
  • WYNDS
  • WYNNS
  • WYTED
  • WYTES
  • WYTHE

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Definition of wedge

wedge (noun)

  1. One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
  2. A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
  3. A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
  4. Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
  5. A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.
  6. A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
  7. A group of geese, swans or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
  8. One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
  9. A quantity of money.
  10. A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
  11. Háček
  12. The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
  13. The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
  14. A wedge tornado.
  15. A market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).

wedge (verb)

  1. To support or secure using a wedge.
  2. To force into a narrow gap.
  3. To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
  4. Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
  5. To cleave with a wedge.
  6. To force or drive with a wedge.
  7. To shape into a wedge.

wedge (noun)

  1. (Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.


Definition of wider

wider (adjective)

  1. Having a large physical extent from side to side.
  2. Large in scope.
  3. Operating at the side of the playing area.
  4. On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
  5. Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
  6. (now rare) Vast, great in extent, extensive.
  7. Located some distance away; distant, far.
  8. Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.
  9. Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.

wider (adverb)

  1. Extensively
  2. Completely
  3. Away from a given goal
  4. So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.

Definition of wound

wound (noun)

  1. An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
  2. A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
  3. An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.

wound (verb)

  1. To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
  2. To hurt (a person's feelings).

wound (verb)

  1. To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
  2. To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
  3. To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
  4. To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
  5. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
  6. To perceive or follow by scent.
  7. To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
  8. To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.

wound (verb)

  1. To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
  2. To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
  3. To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
  4. To travel in a way that is not straight.
  5. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
  6. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
  7. To cover or surround with something coiled about.
  8. To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist, as by a winch.
  9. To turn (a ship) around, end for end.

Definition of wring

wring (noun)

  1. A powerful squeezing or twisting action.
  2. Pain or distress.

wring (verb)

  1. To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out.
  2. To extract (a liquid) from something wet, especially cloth, by squeezing and twisting it.
  3. To obtain (something from or out of someone or something) by force.
  4. To draw (something from or out of someone); to generate (something) as a response.
  5. To hold (something) tightly and press or twist.
  6. To cause pain or distress to (someone / one's heart, soul, etc.).
  7. To slide two ultraflat surfaces together such that their faces bond.
  8. To twist, as if in pain.
  9. To give an incorrect meaning to (words, teachings, etc.).
  10. To subject (someone) to extortion; to afflict or oppress in order to enforce compliance.
  11. To bend or strain out of its position.

wring (noun)

  1. A device for pressing or compressing, especially for cider.