5 letter words starting with wai

Looking for a clue for todays Wordle or another Word game? Look no further! We got you covered. We got quite a few plausible five letter words starting with wai.

  • WAIDE
  • WAIFS
  • WAIFT
  • WAILS
  • WAINS
  • WAIRS
  • WAIST
  • WAITE
  • WAITS
  • WAIVE

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 waifs

waifs (noun)

  1. A castaway; a homeless child.
  2. (of a plant outside its native range) A plant that has been introduced but is not persistently naturalized.
  3. Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice.
  4. Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.


Definition of waist

waist (noun)

  1. The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
  2. A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.
  3. The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).
  4. The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
  5. That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
  6. The middle part of anything.


Definition of waits

waits (noun)

  1. A delay.
  2. An ambush.
  3. One who watches; a watchman.
  4. (in the plural) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
  5. (in the plural) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]

waits (verb)

  1. To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)
  2. To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
  3. To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
  4. To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
  5. To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
  6. To defer or postpone (especially a meal).
  7. To remain chaste while one's lover is unavailable.

waits (noun)

  1. A group of singers or musicians performing in the streets, especially around Christmas.