5 Letter Words Starting with W

Common five-letter words that start with W

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• where 11/10
• would 9/11
• wrong 9/11 not correct
• which 16/15
• world 9/10 everything that exists anywhere
• woman 10/12 an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
• whole 11/11 all of something including all its component elements or parts
• while 11/11 a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
• watch 13/13 look attentively
• wants 8/9 (form of want) a state of extreme poverty
• worry 11/10 be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
• water 8/8 binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid
• women 10/12 (form of woman) an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
• white 11/10 a Caucasian
• weeks 12/12 (form of week) any period of seven consecutive days
• write 8/8 produce a literary work
• words 9/9 the words that are spoken
• worth 11/10 an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
• works 12/12 (form of work) exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
• weird 9/9 suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
• worse 8/8 something inferior in quality or condition or effect
• wrote 8/8
• whose 11/10
• worst 8/8 the least favorable outcome
• waste 8/8 any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
• woods 9/9 the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
• witch 13/13 a female sorcerer or magician
• wheel 11/11 change directions as if revolving on a pivot
• wound 9/11 an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
• walls 8/10 (form of wall) an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness
• wings 9/11 a means of flight or ascent
• walks 12/13 (form of walk) the act of traveling by foot
• wagon 9/11 any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
• wives 11/12 (form of wive) take (someone) as a wife
• wally 11/12 a silly and inept person
• wreck 14/15 something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
• waves 11/12 (form of wave) one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
• wears 8/8 (form of wear) be dressed in
• widow 12/12 a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
• whale 11/11 a very large person
• wrist 8/8 a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
• wells 8/10 (form of well) (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a…
• willy 11/12
• whack 17/17 hit hard
• woody 12/11 made of or containing or resembling wood
• wiped 11/12 (form of wipe) rub with a circular motion
• wired 9/9 equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service
• winds 9/10 (form of wind) air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
• weigh 12/12 have a certain weight
• wires 8/8 (form of wire) ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc

All 295 five-letter words that start with W

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