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5-Letter Words Starting with W (47 words)
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5-Letter Words (47):
wacky (17 points)
Oddly amusing (colloq.)
Like screwball comedies
Silly and outrageous
W·4+A·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 17 pts
waddy (13 points)
Australian throwing-stick.
Australian war club
Native Australian's club
W·4+A·1+D·2+D·2+Y·4 = 13 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
waney (11 points)
Moon's characteristic.
Moons characteristic
Decreasing
W·4+A·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4 = 11 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
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
washy (14 points)
Somewhat irresolute (wordplay)
Too much diluted.
Wishy's partner
W·4+A·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 14 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
wavey (14 points)
Snow goose
W·4+A·1+V·4+E·1+Y·4 = 14 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
webby (15 points)
Like ducks feet
Like duck's feet
Describing an old attic.
W·4+E·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
wedgy (13 points)
Like the Ferrari Testarossa
Resembling a DeLorean
Like pie slices
W·4+E·1+D·2+G·2+Y·4 = 13 pts
weedy (12 points)
Full of dandelions say
Full of dandelions, say
In need of tending maybe
W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
weeny (11 points)
Teeny tail (wordplay)
Teeny follower (wordplay)
Part of a 'little' word
W·4+E·1+E·1+N·1+Y·4 = 11 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
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
wenny (11 points)
""Resembling a wen, also WENNISH""
W·4+E·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 11 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
wheys (14 points)
Cheesemaking by-products
Substances in cheese-making.
Products used in making ricotta
W·4+H·4+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 14 pts
whiny (14 points)
Plaintive question about home
Prone to beefing
Prone to complaining
W·4+H·4+I·1+N·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
whity (14 points)
A white person [n WHITIES] / {whitish=adj}
W·4+H·4+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
widdy (13 points)
""A hangman's noose, also WIDDIE""
W·4+I·1+D·2+D·2+Y·4 = 13 pts
wiggy (13 points)
Crazed and delirious
Excitedly crazy
Crazy excited
W·4+I·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 13 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
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
windy (12 points)
Turn your head yellow (wordplay)
Like Chicago, so they say
Fearful sort of weather (wordplay)
W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
winey (11 points)
Coffee tasters adjective
Tasting like pinot
Like some fancy sauces
W·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
wingy (12 points)
Jazz trumpeter Manone
Alate
W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+Y·4 = 12 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
withy (14 points)
How ears become years and stick with it
Attached to the top of your willow tree
The osier willow
W·4+I·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
witty (11 points)
Smart and clever
Quick with the quips
Swift, in a way
W·4+I·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
womby (15 points)
{hollow=adj}
W·4+O·1+M·3+B·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
wonky (15 points)
Unsteady, to a Brit
Full of bugs, in computer slang
Preoccupied with arcane details
W·4+O·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
woody (12 points)
One of the Allens
Hayes or Allen
Director of some yarn about day at sea
W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2+Y·4 = 12 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
woozy (20 points)
Feeling the effects of anesthesia, say
A little out of it
Suffering from vertigo
W·4+O·1+O·1+Z·10+Y·4 = 20 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
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
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
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
wynds (12 points)
Wynd
W·4+Y·4+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
wynns (11 points)
Comedian Ed and others
Ed and Keenan
Actors Ed and Keenan
W·4+Y·4+N·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wyted (12 points)
Wyte
W·4+Y·4+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
wytes (11 points)
Wyte
W·4+Y·4+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts

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