5-Letter Words Starting with W

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5-Letter Words Starting with W (18 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
wyles (11 points)
Wyle
W·4+Y·4+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts

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