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5-Letter Words Starting with W (26 words)
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warps (10 points)
Advances to world say
Gets bent (wordplay)
Takes a bow (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+R·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
wasps (10 points)
English Protestant stingers (wordplay)
Insects that might build mud nests
Pests in nests
W·4+A·1+S·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
waspy (13 points)
Slender-waisted, perhaps
Resembling a hornet, say
Like a hornet.
W·4+A·1+S·1+P·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
watap (10 points)
Roots used as thread by Indians
W·4+A·1+T·1+A·1+P·3 = 10 pts
weeps (10 points)
Shows joy perhaps
Is joyful, maybe
Shows joy, perhaps
W·4+E·1+E·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
weepy (13 points)
Sad movie (colloq.)
Like tearjerker watchers, perhaps
Verging on tears.
W·4+E·1+E·1+P·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
whaps (13 points)
Hits with a newspaper
Sounds signifying flies passing (wordplay)
Wallops
W·4+H·4+A·1+P·3+S·1 = 13 pts
whaup (13 points)
A European bird
W·4+H·4+A·1+U·1+P·3 = 13 pts
wheep (13 points)
""To give a prolonged whistle, also WHEEPLE""
W·4+H·4+E·1+E·1+P·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
whips (13 points)
Prepares potatoes, perhaps
Prepares potatoes perhaps
Uses an eggbeater
W·4+H·4+I·1+P·3+S·1 = 13 pts
whipt (13 points)
Whip
W·4+H·4+I·1+P·3+T·1 = 13 pts
whomp (15 points)
Defeat, and how!
Beat but bad
Clobber but good
W·4+H·4+O·1+M·3+P·3 = 15 pts
whoop (13 points)
Sound of war cry (or cough!)
Victor's shout
it up celebrate noisily
W·4+H·4+O·1+O·1+P·3 = 13 pts
whops (13 points)
Knocks: Dial.
Smacks hard
Forcible blows
W·4+H·4+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 13 pts
whump (15 points)
Sound of a tree falling, say
Sound of a dull hit
Sound of Charlie Brown hitting the ground
W·4+H·4+U·1+M·3+P·3 = 15 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
wimpy (15 points)
Like punting on 4th-and-1
Popeyes hamburgerloving pal
Pal of Popeye
W·4+I·1+M·3+P·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
wiped (11 points)
Obliterated (with "out").
In need of a nap
Erased as a tape
W·4+I·1+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
wiper (10 points)
Rain check (wordplay)
Clearer in the rain (wordplay)
Ticket holder (wordplay)
W·4+I·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 10 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
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
wispy (13 points)
Like cirrus clouds
Thin as smoke
The West Indies agent is not solid
W·4+I·1+S·1+P·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
woops (10 points)
To {vomit=v}
W·4+O·1+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
wraps (10 points)
Prepares for Christmas Day, maybe
Prepares for Christmas Day maybe
Prepares for a birthday party, say
W·4+R·1+A·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
wrapt (10 points)
Swaddled, to the Bard
Enfolded, poetically
Enfolded poetically
W·4+R·1+A·1+P·3+T·1 = 10 pts

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