Discover a variety of five-letter words that start with the letter “W” to enhance your vocabulary and win at word games.
- Wacky- silly or foolish
- Waded- walked through water
- Wagon- a wheeled vehicle for transporting
- Waive- to give up a right voluntarily
- Walls- solid structures that define and protect an area
- Wands- thin sticks used by magicians
- Wants- desires or wishes for something
- Warms- makes hotter
- Warts- small, hard skin growths
- Washy- overly diluted; weak
- Waste- to use carelessly or without necessity
- Watch- to look at or observe attentively
- Water- a clear liquid that is vital for all known forms of life
- Weary- feeling tired or exhausted
- Weave- to form by interlacing threads
- Wedge- a piece of wood, metal, etc., used to split things apart or secure them
- Weeds- undesirable plants growing wild
- Weeks- periods of seven days
- Weeps- sheds tears
- Weigh- to determine the weight of
- Weird- strange or extraordinary
- Welts- raised marks on the skin
- Whack- a sharp blow
- Whale- a very large marine mammal
- Wharf- a platform built on the shore or out from the shore
- Wheal- a small, itchy swelling on the skin
- Wheat- a cereal plant that is a major food source
- Wheel- a circular frame that turns on an axle
- Whelp- a young offspring of a mammal, such as a dog or wolf
- Where- in or at which place
- Whiff- a brief or faint smell
- While- a period of time
- Whims- sudden or odd ideas
- Whine- a high-pitched, complaining noise
- Whips- tools for driving animals or giving punishment
- Whirl- to turn around rapidly
- Whisk- to move quickly; a kitchen tool
- White- having the color of milk or snow
- Whizz- to move rapidly making a humming sound
- Whole- all of; entire
- Whoop- a loud cry of excitement or joy
- Wicks- the strings in candles
- Widen- to make or become wider
- Wider- more broad in extent
- Widow- a woman whose spouse has died
- Width- the measurement from side to side
- Wilds- areas uninhabited or not cultivated
- Wilts- droops or becomes limp
- Wimps- weak and cowardly people
- Winds- moving air
- Winey- having the taste or qualities of wine
- Winks- closes and opens one eye quickly as a signal
- Wiped- cleaned or dried by rubbing
- Wired- equipped with wires
- Wispy- thin and light
- Witch- a woman thought to have magical powers
- Witty- showing or characterized by quick and inventive humor
- Woken- aroused from sleep
- Wolfs- consumes greedily
- Woman- an adult female person
- Wombs- the uteruses of female mammals
- Woods- areas with a dense growth of trees
- Woody- consisting of or resembling wood
- Wooed- sought the affection of
- Woofs- the barks of a dog
- Woozy- feeling unsteady, dizzy, or drowsy
- Words- units of language
- Worky- relating to work
- Worms- elongated, soft-bodied invertebrates
- Worry- to feel anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems
- Worse- of poorer quality or lower standard
- Worst- most bad, severe, or serious
- Worth- equivalent in value to the specified amount
- Would- past of “will,” used in various contexts
- Woven- formed by weaving
- Wrack- damage or destruction
- Wraps- covers or encloses by folding
- Wrapt- completely engrossed or absorbed
- Wreak- cause (a large amount of damage or harm)
- Wrens- small, brownish songbirds
- Wrest- take by force
- Wring- squeeze and twist something to force liquid from it
- Wrist- the joint connecting the hand and forearm
- Write- to form letters or symbols on a surface in order to communicate
- Wrong- not correct or truthful
- Wrote- past tense of write
- Wrung- past and past participle of wring
- Wryly- in a way that expresses dry, especially mocking, humor
- Wurst- a type of German sausage
- Wussy- weak or ineffectual
- Woven- formed by interlacing threads
- Wraps- covers or surrounds something
- Woken- awakened from sleep
- Wands- rods used as emblems of power or magic
- Wager- risk something on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event
- Waxen- having a smooth, pale, translucent surface
- Waxes- increases in size, number, or intensity
- Waned- decreased in size, extent, or degree
- Wanly- pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion
- Weald- a wooded area or forest