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

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:

Definition of waste

waste (noun)

  1. Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
  2. Excrement or urine.
  3. A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
  4. A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
  5. A large tract of uncultivated land.
  6. The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
  7. A vast expanse of water.
  8. A disused mine or part of one.
  9. The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
  10. Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
  11. Gradual loss or decay.
  12. A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
  13. Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See "to lay waste"
  14. A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
  15. Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.

waste (adjective)

  1. Uncultivated, uninhabited.
  2. Barren; desert.
  3. Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
  4. Superfluous; needless.
  5. Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
  6. Unfortunate; disappointing.

waste (verb)

  1. To devastate, destroy
  2. To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
  3. To kill; to murder.
  4. To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
  5. Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
  6. To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
  7. To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.

Definition of wetas

wetas (noun)

  1. Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets.



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.