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5-Letter Words Starting with W (37 words)
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5-Letter Words (37):
wadis (9 points)
African water beds (wordplay)
Driedup desert streams
Usually dry gullies of Africa
W·4+A·1+D·2+I·1+S·1 = 9 pts
waifs (11 points)
Wanting children (wordplay)
Was around if they're straying
Typical Horatio Alger heroes
W·4+A·1+I·1+F·4+S·1 = 11 pts
wails (8 points)
Siren songs (wordplay)
Emulates a banshee
Cries of grief
W·4+A·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wains (8 points)
Four-wheeled vehicles
Horse-drawn carts
Old-time wagons
W·4+A·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wairs (8 points)
Wair
W·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
waits (8 points)
Takes orders say
Is on hold say
Is on hold, say
W·4+A·1+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
weirs (8 points)
Water containers (wordplay)
River dams used to form fish ponds.
Golfer Mike and kin
W·4+E·1+I·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
whids (12 points)
Whid
W·4+H·4+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
whigs (12 points)
Tyler and Taylor, for two
Tyler and Taylor for two
Presidents W. Harrison and Z. Taylor.
W·4+H·4+I·1+G·2+S·1 = 12 pts
whims (13 points)
Flights of fancy
Fancies or impulses
Instincts sometimes indulged
W·4+H·4+I·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
whins (11 points)
Evergreen shrubs like furze or gorse.
W·4+H·4+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
whips (13 points)
Prepares potatoes, perhaps
Prepares potatoes perhaps
Uses an eggbeater
W·4+H·4+I·1+P·3+S·1 = 13 pts
whirs (11 points)
Goes hummingly (wordplay)
Birds' wing sounds
Sounds from fans
W·4+H·4+I·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
whits (11 points)
Very small amounts
Minuscule amounts
Tiny amounts
W·4+H·4+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wicks (14 points)
Ones going down in flames (wordplay)
Keepers of the flame (wordplay)
Burning needs (wordplay)
W·4+I·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
wides (9 points)
Double big mobile homes
Some shoe sizes
Shoe designations
W·4+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
wifes (11 points)
Part of quip
My Relations Buster Keaton comedy
Part 4 of quip
W·4+I·1+F·4+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wilds (9 points)
Beyond the boondocks
Sparsely inhabited tracts
Sparsely inhabited areas, with 'the'
W·4+I·1+L·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
wiles (8 points)
Subterfuges of sorts
With cunning I slew this
Pieces of trickery designed to attract
W·4+I·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wills (8 points)
Heir-splitting papers (wordplay)
Terms of interment (wordplay)
Passing notes (wordplay)
W·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wilts (8 points)
Droops; county (abbreviation)
Becomes limp; county
Chamberlain and namesakes
W·4+I·1+L·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wimps (12 points)
Bullys victims perhaps
Bully's victims, perhaps
Feeble people (informal)
W·4+I·1+M·3+P·3+S·1 = 12 pts
winds (9 points)
Current events (wordplay)
Closes up - draughts
Flutes and clarinets
W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
wines (8 points)
A port is one of those ews, perhaps
South African reds, say
Port and blush
W·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wings (9 points)
Oscar's first Best Picture (1927-28)
Symbol of USAF
First Best Picture Oscar winner
W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 9 pts
winks (12 points)
Flips one's lid (wordplay)
40 in a bedroom (wordplay)
Eye come-ons
W·4+I·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
winos (8 points)
Brown-baggers (wordplay)
Dispirited alcoholics (wordplay)
Grape nuts (wordplay)
W·4+I·1+N·1+O·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wipes (10 points)
Gucci Mane Baby
Cleans up a spill
Contents of a diaper bag packet
W·4+I·1+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
wires (8 points)
Sends money perhaps
Mess under a desk, maybe
Prepares an undercover agent, perhaps
W·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wises (8 points)
Gets smart (with "up")
Smartens (up to)
Gets a clue, with 'up'
W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wisps (10 points)
Flyaway hair (wordplay)
This little thing (wordplay)
Streaks of smoke
W·4+I·1+S·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
wists (8 points)
Wist
W·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wites (8 points)
Wite
W·4+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wives (11 points)
Better halves, perhaps
Windsor people (wordplay)
Better halves perhaps
W·4+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wizes (17 points)
Wiz
W·4+I·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts
wries (8 points)
Twists.
Contorts
W·4+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
writs (8 points)
Bar orders (wordplay)
Coram nobis et al
Habeas corpus and others
W·4+R·1+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts

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