5 letter words starting with wh

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  • 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

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 whack

whack (adjective)

  1. Egregious.
  2. Bad (not good), inauthentic, of an inferior quality, contemptible, lacking integrity, lame, or strange.
  3. Crazy, mad, insane.
  4. Cool, bizarre, and potentially scary.

whack (noun)

  1. The sound of a heavy strike.
  2. The strike itself.
  3. The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.
  4. An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.
  5. (originally Britain cant) A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion.
  6. A whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up.
  7. A deal, an agreement.
  8. The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩.

whack (verb)

  1. To hit, slap or strike.
  2. To kill, bump off.
  3. To share or parcel out; often with up.
  4. To beat convincingly; to thrash.
  5. (usually in the negative) To surpass; to better.

Definition of whelm

whelm (noun)

  1. A surge of water.

whelm (verb)

  1. To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.
  2. To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
  3. To ruin or destroy.
  4. To overcome with emotion; to overwhelm.


Definition of while

while (noun)

  1. An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.

while (verb)

  1. To pass (time) idly.
  2. To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass.
  3. To loiter.

while (preposition)

  1. Until.

while (conjunction)

  1. During the same time that.
  2. Although.
  3. Until.
  4. As long as.
  5. (public policy) Used to denote an individual experiencing racial profiling when performing a seemingly benign activity.

Definition of whist

whist (noun)

  1. Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
  2. A session of playing this card game.

whist (interjection)

  1. (Irish and British) Shush, silence, be quiet!
  2. A sound often used to calm livestock, cattle, sheep etc.

whist (verb)

  1. To hush, shush, or whisht; to still.
  2. To become silent.

whist (adjective)

  1. Silent, husht.