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5 Letter Words Starting With W
Looking for five-letter words that begin with W? There are 400 valid 5 letter words starting with W, and 59 of them are common everyday words. The most used is which. Add your Wordle clues to the finder, or browse the lists below, sorted from most to least common. For every other letter, use our 5 letter word search.
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Shows every 5 letter word you can make using only these letters. Each letter can be used as many times as you type it.
5 letter words starting with W at a glance
- Valid words
- 400
- Common words
- 59
- Most common
- which
- Top Scrabble score (common)
- whack 17 pts
- Top Scrabble score (all)
- whizz 29 pts
- Best Wordle guess in this set
- write
- The 2nd letter is H in 25% of common words.
- The 3rd letter is I in 20% of common words.
- The 4th letter is E in 15% of common words.
- The 5th letter is E in 24% of common words.
Common 5 letter words starting with W (59)
The words with 5 letters starting with W you're most likely to know, most used first.
- which16
- would9
- where11
- world9
- while11
- women10
- water8
- white11
- whole11
- wrong9
- woman10
- watch13
- worth11
- whose11
- wrote8
- write8
- worst8
- worse8
- worry11
- waste8
- weird9
- wheel11
- wound9
- witch13
- widow12
- width12
- wheat11
- wrist8
- weigh12
- whale11
- waist8
- wreck14
- wagon9
- woody12
- wired9
- wrath11
- wedge10
- weary11
- windy12
- witty11
- woven11
- weave11
- wharf14
- wally11
- wager9
- whack17
- waltz17
- welch13
- wacky17
- whine11
- widen9
- waive11
- whiff17
- wield9
- whoop13
- wafer11
- whisk15
- waxed16
- winch13
How to find a five-letter word that starts with a W
Looking for 5 letter words that start with W to solve a Wordle? The finder above already has W in the first green box; add your other clues.
A real example from our word list: the answer is WHEEL, and all you know is that it starts with W, which leaves 59 common words. Open with WRITE, the guess that splits this set most evenly.
Guess 1: WRITE W is green and E is yellow, and the rest are grey. That leaves 5 possible answers: women, wheel, woven, welch and waxed.
Guess 2: WOMEN W and E are green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 2 possible answers: wheel and waxed.
Guess 3: WHEEL All five letters are green. Solved in 3.
What comes after W?
In common words that start with W, the second letter is most often H (25%), A (20%) and O (19%). 64% have a vowel second, so if your consonant guesses keep missing, try A, E, I, O or U in the second spot.
| Starts with | Number of common words | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| WH | 15 | which, where, while, white |
| WA | 12 | water, watch, waste, waist |
| WO | 11 | would, world, women, woman |
| WI | 9 | witch, widow, width, wired |
| WR | 6 | wrong, wrote, write, wrist |
| WE | 6 | weird, weigh, wedge, weary |
What the most common ones mean
- world
- nouneverything that exists anywhere
- while
- nouna period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
- water
- nounbinary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid
- white
- nouna Caucasian
- whole
- nounall of something including all its component elements or parts
- wrong
- adjectivenot correct
- woman
- nounan adult female person (as opposed to a man)
- watch
- verblook attentively
- worth
- nounan indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
- write
- verbproduce a literary work
- worst
- nounthe least favorable outcome
- worse
- nounsomething inferior in quality or condition or effect
- worry
- verbbe worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
- waste
- nounany materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- weird
- adjectivesuggesting the operation of supernatural influences
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
About 5 letter words starting with W
WH and WR are both common openings. In WR words the W is silent: write, wrong, wreck, wrist. WH starts whale, wheat, white and whole. Outside those pairs, W is followed by a vowel, as in water, woman and world. Because WH and WR cover so much of the list, testing H and R in the second spot is the quickest way to narrow down a W word in Wordle.
W ranks 14 out of 26 as a first letter for 5 letter words.
Word families that start with W
W words split into three families. WH words include wheel, where, which, while and whose. WR words, with a silent W, include wrath and wrote. WA, WE, WI and WO words include waste, watch, weary, weird, widow, width, witch, worry and worth. Endings to remember are -CH (watch, witch, winch) and -TH (width, worth, wrath). In Wordle, if W is green first, test H and R in the second spot early. For words that end in W, mostly -OW, see 5 letter words ending in W.
Vowels in 5 letter words starting with W
E is the most common vowel here, appearing in 51% of the common words, followed by I (36%) and A (34%). The least common is U (3%).
39% have just one vowel, like which, world, wrong and watch. At the other end, weave and waive have three or more.
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
By main meaning (WordNet), there are 29 nouns, 15 verbs and 9 adjectives.
Nouns include world, while and water. Verbs include watch, write and worry. Adjectives include wrong, weird and woody.
Best Wordle guesses that start with W
Top guesses, with the average number of the 59 common words each leaves: WRITE (3.5), WHINE (3.6), WROTE (4.0), WHITE (4.0) and WHEAT (4.1).
20% repeat a letter, and 7 have a double letter, like worry, wheel, woody and witty.
Highest-scoring 5 letter words starting with W in Scrabble
Top common words: whack (17), waltz (17) and wacky (17). All valid words: whizz (29), woozy (20) and waqfs (20). 38 words reach 15 points or more.
All 400 valid 5 letter words starting with W341 rarer words accepted in Scrabble and Wordle, not shown above. Plurals are marked.
- works12plural
- words9plural
- wants8plural
- weeks12plural
- wanna8
- walls8plural
- wales8plural
- woods9plural
- wings9plural
- waves11plural
- walks12plural
- wages9plural
- wells8plural
- wider9
- winds9plural
- welsh11
- wears8plural
- wives11plural
- whats11plural
- wiped11
- wires8plural
- wines8plural
- watts8plural
- worms10plural
- warns8plural
- waits8plural
- wakes12plural
- wards9plural
- wills8plural
- weber10
- wraps10plural
- waved12
- weeds9plural
- wiser8
- wigan9
- wipes10plural
- woken12
- wasps10plural
- waldo9
- wight12
- waged10
- warms10plural
- whips13plural
- wares8plural
- warts8plural
- waite8
- whirl11
- waugh12
- whims13plural
- wreak12
- walla8
- wilds9plural
- whiny14
- waned9
- wonky15
- wicks14plural
- wiper10
- whigs12plural
- winks12plural
- weeps10plural
- wands9plural
- wimpy15
- waver11
- wring9
- wests8plural
- wiles8plural
- wagga10
- wench13
- waxes15plural
- welds9plural
- wrest8
- wowed12
- washy14
- wince10
- wicca12
- waded10
- wahoo11
- whorl11
- wordy12
- writs8plural
- wifey14
- wilco10
- wooed9
- wifes11plural
- whelp13
- whizz29
- wooly11
- wails8plural
- warps10plural
- wisps10plural
- wispy13
- wryly14
- whist11
- woops10
- woozy20
- wimps12plural
- wacko14
- webby15
- wikis12plural
- weedy12
- weise8
- wrung9
- wilts8plural
- wanes8plural
- weems10plural
- weepy13
- weirs8plural
- weald9
- waken12
- wazir17
- welts8plural
- wombs12plural
- wagyu12
- wrens8plural
- welly11
- wrack14
- wurst8
- waker12
- wushu11
- wades9plural
- wolfs11plural
- weeny11
- wazoo17
- wheal11
- withe11
- wroth11
- waked13
- wonga9
- warty11
- wafts11plural
- wined9
- warby13
- wormy13
- whare11
- whish14
- whirr11
- wised9
- wools8plural
- whoso11
- wides9plural
- waifs11plural
- wonks12plural
- wolds9plural
- whens11plural
- waddy13
- wiggy13
- wussy11
- whata11
- whelk15
- wowee11
- warez17
- wavey14
- whomp15
- wends9plural
- woosh11
- whang12
- wader9
- wangs9
- wedel9
- withy14
- warre8
- wuxia15
- weans8plural
- womyn13
- waxen15
- whets11plural
- witan8
- wadis9plural
- wefts11plural
- weeke12
- winge9
- worts8plural
- waspy13
- winos8plural
- wicky17
- wolly11
- wecht13
- wenge9
- wheen11
- waxer15
- welke12
- wyles11plural
- woofs11plural
- winey11
- whoot11
- wynns11plural
- wanly11
- winna8
- wises8plural
- warks12plural
- wetly11
- walis8plural
- wacks14plural
- whirs11plural
- wingy12
- whump15
- wains8plural
- withs11plural
- whelm13
- woofy14
- wootz17
- wodge10
- whity14
- wifed12
- waide9
- wanty11
- whits11plural
- wooer8
- wrang9
- wakas12plural
- wigga10
- wedgy13
- whins11plural
- wrapt10
- waler8
- whoof14
- wilis8plural
- wolve11
- winns8plural
- wilga9
- waacs10plural
- wacke14
- wadds10plural
- wadts9plural
- waffs14plural
- waift11
- wairs8plural
- wakfs15plural
- walds9plural
- waled9
- walty11
- wamed11
- wames10plural
- wamus10
- waney11
- wanle8
- wanze17
- waqfs20plural
- warbs10plural
- wared9
- warst8
- wases8plural
- wasts8plural
- watap10
- wauff14
- wauks12plural
- waulk12
- wauls8plural
- waurs8plural
- wawas11plural
- wawes11plural
- wawls11plural
- wayed12
- weals8plural
- weamb12
- weels8plural
- weens8plural
- weest8
- weete8
- weets8plural
- wefte11
- weids9plural
- weils8plural
- weize17
- wekas12plural
- welks12plural
- welkt12
- wembs12plural
- wenny11
- wents8plural
- weros8plural
- wersh11
- wetas8plural
- wexed16
- wexes15plural
- whamo13
- whams13plural
- whaps13plural
- whaup13
- whaur11
- whear11
- wheep13
- wheft14
- whews14plural
- wheys14plural
- whids12plural
- whift14
- whilk15
- whios11plural
- whipt13
- whiss11
- whops13plural
- whort11
- whups13plural
- widdy13
- wiels8plural
- wifie11
- wifty14
- wiled9
- wilja15
- winze17
- wirer8
- wirra8
- wisha11
- wisht11
- wists8plural
- wited9
- wites8plural
- wived12
- wiver11
- wizen17
- wizes17plural
- woads9plural
- woald9
- wocks14plural
- woful11
- wokka16
- womby15
- wongi9
- wonts8plural
- woold9
- woons8plural
- woose8
- woxen15
- wrast8
- wrate8
- wrawl11
- wrick14
- wried9
- wrier8
- wries8
- wroke12
- wroot8
- wryer11
- wudus9plural
- wulls8plural
- wuses8plural
- wyled12
- wynds12plural
- wyted12
- wytes11plural
Questions people ask
How many 5 letter words starting with W are there?
400 valid words; 59 of them are common everyday words.
What is a five-letter word that starts with a W?
The most common is which. Other everyday examples are would, where and world.
What is the best Wordle guess that starts with W?
write, leaving about 3.5 possible answers on average.
Which 5 letter word starting with W scores the most in Scrabble?
Among common words, whack scores 17 points. Among all valid words, whizz scores 29.
What 5 letter words start with W and end with E?
E is the most common last letter for these words (14 of the common words). Examples: where, while, white and whole.
Do more 5 letter words start with W or end with W?
400 valid 5 letter words start with W, compared with 62 that end with it. See 5 letter words ending in W.
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