5 Letter Words Starting With W
All 296 5-letter words that start with W, most common first, with pronunciation and meaning.
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296 words
- would/ˈwʊd/
- where/ˈhwɛɹ/
- which/ˈhwɪtʃ/
- wrong/ˈɹɔŋ/any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
- world/ˈwɝɫd/all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- woman/ˈwʊmən/women as a class
- whole/ˈhoʊɫ/an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
- while/ˈhwaɪɫ/a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
- wants/ˈwɑnts/
- worry/ˈwɝi/something or someone that causes anxiety
- watch/ˈwɑtʃ/a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
- water/ˈwɔtɝ/a facility that provides a source of water
- women/ˈwɪmən/
- white/ˈhwaɪt/(usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
- words/ˈwɝdz/language that is spoken or written
- write/ˈɹaɪt/communicate or express by writing
- weeks/ˈwiks/
- worth/ˈwɝθ/the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
- works/ˈwɝks/performance of moral or religious acts
- weird/ˈwɪɹd/fate personified
- worse/ˈwɝs/something inferior in quality or condition or effect
- wrote/ˈɹoʊt/
- whose/ˈhuz/
- worst/ˈwɝst/the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of
- waste/ˈweɪst/useless or profitless activity
- woods/ˈwʊdz/the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
- walls/ˈwɔɫz/
- wound/ˈwaʊnd/the act of inflicting a wound
- whore/ˈhɔɹ/a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- witch/ˈwɪtʃ/a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil
- wheel/ˈhwiɫ/a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
- wings/ˈwɪŋz/a means of flight or ascent
- walks/ˈwɔks/
- waves/ˈweɪvz/
- wives/ˈwaɪvz/
- widow/ˈwɪdoʊ/a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
- wears/ˈwɛɹz/
- wagon/ˈwæɡən/a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat
- wreck/ˈɹɛk/a ship that has been destroyed at sea
- wiped/ˈwaɪpt/
- whale/ˈhweɪɫ/any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
- woody/ˈwʊdi/made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls
- winds/ˈwaɪndz/
- wrist/ˈɹɪst/a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
- wells/ˈwɛɫz/prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels
- willy/ˈwɪɫi/
- wakes/ˈweɪks/
- weigh/ˈweɪ/show consideration for
- wally/ˈweɪɫi/a silly and inept person
- wires/ˈwaɪɝz/
- worms/ˈwɝmz/
- wheat/ˈhwit/a variable yellow tint
- whack/ˈhwæk/the act of hitting vigorously
- wages/ˈweɪdʒəz/a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
- waist/ˈweɪst/the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
- wired/ˈwaɪɝd/tied or bound with wire
- waits/ˈweɪts/
- waltz/ˈwɔɫs/a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat
- wrath/ˈɹæθ/belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- wales/ˈweɪɫz/one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- weary/ˈwɪɹi/exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
- wager/ˈweɪdʒɝ/the act of gambling
- wider/ˈwaɪdɝ/
- whats/hwəts/
- wiser/ˈwaɪzɝ/
- whoop/ˈhwup/a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement
- woken/ˈwoʊkən/
- windy/ˈwaɪndi/abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
- wails/ˈweɪɫz/
- weeds/ˈwidz/a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning
- welsh/ˈwɛɫʃ/a breed of dual-purpose cattle developed in Wales
- weave/ˈwiv/pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric
- witty/ˈwɪti/combining clever conception and facetious expression
- watts/ˈwɑts/English poet and theologian (1674-1748)
- wench/ˈwɛntʃ/informal terms for a (young) woman
- wedge/ˈwɛdʒ/a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
- wraps/ˈɹæps/
- whine/ˈhwaɪn/a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
- wills/ˈwɪɫz/
- whiff/ˈhwɪf/a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
- wacky/ˈwæki/informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- waved/ˈweɪvd/
- wines/ˈwaɪnz/
- weber/ˈwɛbɝ/German physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878)
- wipes/ˈwaɪps/
- whirs
- wharf/ˈhwɔɹf/a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles
- wield/ˈwiɫd/handle effectively
- whirl/ˈhwɝɫ/the act of rotating rapidly
- whips/ˈhwɪps/
- warms/ˈwɔɹmz/
- wacko/ˈwækoʊ/a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
- wards/ˈwɔɹdz/
- width/ˈwɪdθ/the extent of something from side to side
- wring/ˈɹɪŋ/a twisting squeeze
- winch/ˈwɪntʃ/lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
- welch/ˈwɛɫtʃ/cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt
- woven/ˈwoʊvən/made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole
- waxed/ˈwækst/treated with wax
- waive/ˈweɪv/lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
5-letter words starting with W
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There are 296 5-letter words starting with W in our dictionary.