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5-Letter Words Starting with W (75 words)
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5-Letter Words (75):
wader (9 points)
Ibis for one
Spoonbill, for one
Adult in the kiddie pool, perhaps
W·4+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
wafer (11 points)
Host at church say
Host at church, say
Mass distribution (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+F·4+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
wager (9 points)
Track placement (wordplay)
Amount to cover, maybe
Visit the $2 window, say
W·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
wairs (8 points)
Wair
W·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
waker (12 points)
One that gets you up
Sleeping Beauty, finally
Sleeping Beauty finally
W·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
waler (8 points)
Australian horse
W·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
wards (9 points)
Might S sketch up in hospital (wordplay)
Urban voting districts
Artemas and Artemus
W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
wared (9 points)
Took heed of Dial.
Took heed of: Dial.
Spent Scot
W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
wares (8 points)
Things to sell
Merchant's inventory
Goods for sale
W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
warks (12 points)
Where Stratford-upon-Avon is abbreviation
W·4+A·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
warms (10 points)
Becomes more receptive (to)
Readies the rolls
Becomes friendly (to).
W·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+S·1 = 10 pts
warns (8 points)
Shoots off a flare, maybe
Shoots off a flare maybe
Growls at, say
W·4+A·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
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
warts (8 points)
Bumps on a hog (wordplay)
Plantar problem (wordplay)
Feature of toad's legs (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
warty (11 points)
Toady (wordplay)
Like a witchs nose
Like the stereotypical witchs nose
W·4+A·1+R·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
water (8 points)
Balloon filler maybe
Main ingredient (wordplay)
Give fluid to (plants)
W·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
waver (11 points)
Sing vibrato say
Sing vibrato, say
Be in doubt
W·4+A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
waxer (15 points)
Floor worker, maybe
Brazilian administrator (wordplay)
Floor worker maybe
W·4+A·1+X·8+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
wears (8 points)
Becomes frayed, say
Becomes frayed say
Deteriorates by use
W·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
weary (11 points)
There's no rest for them (with "the")
About ready to drop
Fed up with you and I preparing fish
W·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
weber (10 points)
Brand on a patio, maybe
Brand on a patio maybe
Dick or Pete in an alley
W·4+E·1+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
weird (9 points)
Hallowe'en golfer Mike (wordplay)
Dam'd uncanny
More than strange
W·4+E·1+I·1+R·1+D·2 = 9 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
wharf (14 points)
Shore thing (wordplay)
Liners landing spot
San Francisco feature
W·4+H·4+A·1+R·1+F·4 = 14 pts
where (11 points)
In what respect (wordplay)
What place (wordplay)
In what situation (wordplay)
W·4+H·4+E·1+R·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
whirr (11 points)
Music to a mechanic (wordplay)
Drone drone, say
Fan's buzz
W·4+H·4+I·1+R·1+R·1 = 11 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
whore (11 points)
To consort with prostitutes
W·4+H·4+O·1+R·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
whort (11 points)
""An edible berry, also WHORTLE""
W·4+H·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 11 pts
wider (9 points)
Less narrow, say vision
Improved, perhaps, as a road
Improved perhaps as a road
W·4+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 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
wired (9 points)
Perhaps too edgy
Jittery on caffeine, say
Jittery from coffee, say
W·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
wirer (8 points)
Worker who makes connections (wordplay)
Cable guy at times
Electrician, for example
W·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 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
wirra (8 points)
Gaelic cry of grief
W·4+I·1+R·1+R·1+A·1 = 8 pts
wiser (8 points)
Older mate (wordplay)
More experienced perhaps
More experienced, perhaps
W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
wiver (11 points)
""In heraldry, a dragon with wings, the tail of a snake and two legs, also WIVERN, WYVERN""
W·4+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
wooer (8 points)
One who goes to court (wordplay)
Beau with roses, say
Romeo, for one
W·4+O·1+O·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
words (9 points)
Speaking parts (wordplay)
Music partner (wordplay)
What one has to say with them
W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
wordy (12 points)
Drawn-out remark at end of July
Long, in a way
Definitely not terse
W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
works (12 points)
Desktop area, perhaps
Desktop area perhaps
Is in labor (wordplay)
W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 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
worms (10 points)
Rewards for early birds (wordplay)
Fisherman's canful, maybe
Can contents (wordplay)
W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+S·1 = 10 pts
wormy (13 points)
Like a bad apple perhaps
Like a bad apple, perhaps
Like some apples
W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
worry (11 points)
Care to kill this like a dog (wordplay)
Lose sleep over (with "about")
Be in a fretful mood
W·4+O·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
worse (8 points)
Bad's successor (wordplay)
Like an even more off-key singer, say
Deserving fewer stars (than)
W·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
worst (8 points)
In the - way (very much)
Paradoxically, it could be best!
Cellar-dwelling, perhaps
W·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
worth (11 points)
Value (of something)
Texas Fort (wordplay)
Merit in poet deleting words (wordplay)
W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+H·4 = 11 pts
worts (8 points)
Joe-pye weeds.
Joepye weeds
Beer bases
W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wrack (14 points)
Strain, as your brain
Subject to suffering
ones brain think hard
W·4+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 14 pts
wrang (9 points)
A wrong [n -S] / to {wrong=v}
W·4+R·1+A·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 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
wrath (11 points)
Solid choler (wordplay)
Buckcherry song about rage (wordplay)
A transient madness per Horace
W·4+R·1+A·1+T·1+H·4 = 11 pts
wreak (12 points)
Cause (havoc, say)
Bring about as vengeance
Inflict, as havoc
W·4+R·1+E·1+A·1+K·5 = 12 pts
wreck (14 points)
Highway closer, perhaps
The Titanic for one
Highway closer perhaps
W·4+R·1+E·1+C·3+K·5 = 14 pts
wrens (8 points)
Natural singers (wordplay)
Singing family (wordplay)
Some flying singers
W·4+R·1+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wrest (8 points)
Force victory on the mat (wordplay)
Twist, and sometimes shout (wordplay)
Use force for peace, say
W·4+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
wrick (14 points)
Sprain
W·4+R·1+I·1+C·3+K·5 = 14 pts
wried (9 points)
Contorted
W·4+R·1+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
wrier (8 points)
More twisted, in a way
More ironic, as humor
More ironic, as humor goes
W·4+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
wries (8 points)
Twists.
Contorts
W·4+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
wring (9 points)
Do the twist (wordplay)
Squeeze moisture (from)
Squeeze out moisture
W·4+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
wrist (8 points)
Watch station (wordplay)
Slap target, perhaps
Hand holder (wordplay)
W·4+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
write (8 points)
Act on a novel idea (wordplay)
Keep in touch!
Work on a mystery, say
W·4+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·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
wrong (9 points)
Sinatra or Spungen maybe (wordplay)
What just isn't right (wordplay)
Grown incorrectly (wordplay)
W·4+R·1+O·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
wrote (8 points)
Worked on an essay or novel
Didn't forget about mom and dad, perhaps
Composed tweets, say
W·4+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
wroth (11 points)
Very angry
Infuriated, quaintly
Angry, archaically
W·4+R·1+O·1+T·1+H·4 = 11 pts
wrung (9 points)
Twisted forcibly (with "out")
Twisted dry (with "out")
Twisted with force
W·4+R·1+U·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
wryer (11 points)
More twisted, as humor
(Of humour) more dry
More drily mocking
W·4+R·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 11 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
wurst (8 points)
Brat attachment (wordplay)
Sausage (and the theme of this puzzle)
Knack attachment (wordplay)
W·4+U·1+R·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts

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