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5-Letter Words Starting with W (28 words)
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5-Letter Words (28):
waded (10 points)
Walked ashore, say
Looked for shells, perhaps
Covered one's ankles, say
W·4+A·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
waged (10 points)
Carried on (war)
Fought a pay war (wordplay)
Carried on, as a battle.
W·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
waked (13 points)
Got up incorrectly (wordplay)
Faced a new day
Roused from slumber
W·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 13 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
waned (9 points)
Didn't wax (wordplay)
Approached third quarter, say
Approached third quarter say
W·4+A·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 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
waved (12 points)
Wished bon voyage say
Said hello without saying "Hello"
Gave the hi sign (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
waxed (16 points)
Put a coat on perhaps
Took a shine to (wordplay)
Put a coat on, perhaps
W·4+A·1+X·8+E·1+D·2 = 16 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
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
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
wifed (12 points)
Wife
W·4+I·1+F·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 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
wined (9 points)
Did half the entertaining (wordplay)
Plied with merlot, say
Charmed with chardonnay, say
W·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 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
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
wised (9 points)
Got smart (with "up")
Became less reckless, say, with "up"
Became less reckless say with up
W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
wited (9 points)
Wite
W·4+I·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
wived (12 points)
Took a bride
Took her hand in marriage
Got hitched
W·4+I·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
woald (9 points)
Yellow pigment
W·4+O·1+A·1+L·1+D·2 = 9 pts
wooed (9 points)
Sweet-talked, maybe
Wined and dined, perhaps
Gave roses to, say
W·4+O·1+O·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 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
wound (9 points)
Slash or Sting (wordplay)
Welsh corgi, say, not initially hurt
Booboo that may require stitches
W·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2 = 9 pts
wowed (12 points)
Impressed, and how!
Impressed and how!
Knocked the socks off
W·4+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
wried (9 points)
Contorted
W·4+R·1+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
wyled (12 points)
Wyle
W·4+Y·4+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
wyted (12 points)
Wyte
W·4+Y·4+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts

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