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5-Letter Words Starting with W (51 words)
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wails (8 points)
Siren songs (wordplay)
Emulates a banshee
Cries of grief
W·4+A·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
waled (9 points)
Ribbed, like corduroy
Ribbed like corduroy
Marked with ridges
W·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
waler (8 points)
Australian horse
W·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
wales (8 points)
Country (was invaded by the French)
Home of Merlin in Arthurian legend
Land of Dai and Dylan
W·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
walks (12 points)
Takes balls, perhaps (wordplay)
Works off a big lunch maybe
Works off a big lunch, maybe
W·4+A·1+L·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
walla (8 points)
Half of a Western U.S. city (wordplay)
Half a WA city (wordplay)
Half a Washington city (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+A·1 = 8 pts
walls (8 points)
Places for plaque buildup (wordplay)
Barriers (with ears?)
Safe places (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wally (11 points)
A fool (sl.)
Beaver's brother
Nickname for a Duchess.
W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
waltz (17 points)
Amazing Grace, for one
Edelweiss for one
Last dance (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+L·1+T·1+Z·10 = 17 pts
wanly (11 points)
In a pale and weary way
In lifeless fashion
Without much energy
W·4+A·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
wauls (8 points)
Makes high-pitched, whiny noises (var.)
Makes highpitched whiny noises var
Cries like a feline
W·4+A·1+U·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wawls (11 points)
Makes highpitched whiny noises
Makes high-pitched, whiny noises
W·4+A·1+W·4+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
weald (9 points)
District between N. & S. Downs
Boonies, perhaps
Fertile Kent area
W·4+E·1+A·1+L·1+D·2 = 9 pts
weals (8 points)
Ridges on the skin
Results of a flogging
Stripes from strokes
W·4+E·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wedel (9 points)
""To perform a skiing technique, also WEDELN""
W·4+E·1+D·2+E·1+L·1 = 9 pts
welch (13 points)
One Million Years BC actress
Florence of Florence + the Machine
Boston lawyer and TV personality.
W·4+E·1+L·1+C·3+H·4 = 13 pts
welds (9 points)
Carries a torch maybe
Carries a torch, maybe
Carries a torch perhaps
W·4+E·1+L·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
wells (8 points)
Terrific, H. G.!
Blue Jay Vernon, for one
Places for drawings (wordplay)
W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
welly (11 points)
Energy and commitment on foot (wordplay)
Rubber boot (abbr)
Boot (informal)
W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
welsh (11 points)
From Swansea, say (wordplay)
Tom Jones, for one
Cheat from Cardiff (wordplay)
W·4+E·1+L·1+S·1+H·4 = 11 pts
welts (8 points)
Results of a whipping, perhaps
Results of a whipping perhaps
S&M parlor souvenirs (wordplay)
W·4+E·1+L·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wetly (11 points)
In a moist manner
How sloppy kissers kiss
Never in a sundry way
W·4+E·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
whale (11 points)
MobyDick for one
Monstro, for one
Willy, for one
W·4+H·4+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
wheal (11 points)
Initially wonder cure could be mine
Effect of a lashing
Ridge on the skin.
W·4+H·4+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
wheel (11 points)
Lance Armstrong is certainly a big one!
Sajak's show, say
Turning point (wordplay)
W·4+H·4+E·1+E·1+L·1 = 11 pts
whelk (15 points)
Spiral-shelled snail
Large marine snail
Large marine snail.
W·4+H·4+E·1+L·1+K·5 = 15 pts
whelm (13 points)
Attachment to "over" or "under"
Engulf, old-style
Overcome utterly
W·4+H·4+E·1+L·1+M·3 = 13 pts
whelp (13 points)
Give birth to (a puppy)
... a quartet of pups (wordplay)
Film of the Beagles (wordplay)
W·4+H·4+E·1+L·1+P·3 = 13 pts
while (11 points)
Waiting period, maybe
Mean or worth follower
Space of time.
W·4+H·4+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
whirl (11 points)
A trial spin (wordplay)
What a revolver does (wordplay)
Spin or reel
W·4+H·4+I·1+R·1+L·1 = 11 pts
whole (11 points)
Enchilada amount (wordplay)
Complete win for the golfer
Hook line and sinker
W·4+H·4+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
whorl (11 points)
Ring on a finger (wordplay)
Tiny ring on a finger (wordplay)
Circular ridge of a fingerprint.
W·4+H·4+O·1+R·1+L·1 = 11 pts
wield (9 points)
Use (a weapon or tool)
Hold and use (a weapon)
Use (weapon, authority)
W·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2 = 9 pts
wilco (10 points)
Roger's follower (wordplay)
Roger's last name (wordplay)
Roger's cousin (wordplay)
W·4+I·1+L·1+C·3+O·1 = 10 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
wiled (9 points)
Passed, as time (with "away")
Passed time with away
away the hours
W·4+I·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 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
willy (11 points)
Arthur Miller role
Bank robber Sutton
Fictional chocolatier Wonka
W·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 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
woald (9 points)
Yellow pigment
W·4+O·1+A·1+L·1+D·2 = 9 pts
woful (11 points)
""Full of grief, also WOEFUL""
W·4+O·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 11 pts
wolds (9 points)
High treeless plains
High, treeless plains.
Hills of Yorkshire
W·4+O·1+L·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
wolfs (11 points)
Eats greedily (with "down")
Devours (with "down")
Gulps down greedily
W·4+O·1+L·1+F·4+S·1 = 11 pts
wools (8 points)
Sheeps' clothing (wordplay)
Angora and alpaca.
Angora merino etc
W·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wooly (11 points)
Wild partner (wordplay)
Like a lamb
Like a sheep
W·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
world (9 points)
My oyster, in a saying
'My oyster,' in a saying
Wide opening (wordplay)
W·4+O·1+R·1+L·1+D·2 = 9 pts
would (9 points)
Common auxiliary verb
How much wood a woodchuck chuck
You Like to Take a Walk
W·4+O·1+U·1+L·1+D·2 = 9 pts
wryly (14 points)
In a sardonic way
With tongue in cheek
With a touch of irony, often
W·4+R·1+Y·4+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
wyled (12 points)
Wyle
W·4+Y·4+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
wyles (11 points)
Wyle
W·4+Y·4+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts

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