5 letter words starting with was

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

  • WASES
  • WASHI
  • WASHY
  • WASMS
  • WASPS
  • WASPY
  • WASTE
  • WASTS

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 washi

washi (noun)

  1. A tough paper used in traditional Japanese art forms.

Definition of washy

washy (noun)

  1. A wash, an act of washing.

washy (adjective)

  1. Watery; damp; soft.
  2. Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble.
  3. Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labour.


Definition of waspy

waspy (adjective)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike.
  2. Infested with wasps.

waspy (adjective)

  1. Like a wasp (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant), a member of the dominant American upper-class culture.

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.