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 wails

wails (noun)

  1. A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.
  2. Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.
  3. A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.

wails (verb)

  1. To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
  2. To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
  3. To make a noise like mourning or crying.
  4. To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
  5. To perform with great liveliness and force.

wails (verb)

  1. To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt.
  2. To give a surface a texture of wales or welts.

wails (verb)

  1. To choose, select.

Definition of wakes

wakes (noun)

  1. The act of waking, or state of being awake.
  2. The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.

wakes (verb)

  1. (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
  2. (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
  3. To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
  4. To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
  5. To lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.
  6. To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
  7. To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
  8. To be alert; to keep watch
  9. To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

wakes (noun)

  1. A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party and/or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
  2. (Church of England) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking.
  3. A number of vultures assembled together.

wakes (noun)

  1. The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
  2. The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
  3. The area behind something, typically a rapidly moving object.

wakes (noun)

  1. A community holiday, particularly in northern England.

Definition of whelp

whelp (noun)

  1. A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
  2. An insolent youth; a mere child.
  3. A kind of ship.
  4. One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.
  5. A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog).

whelp (verb)

  1. (of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth.

whelp (interjection)

  1. Well, typically used in exasperation.