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5-Letter Words Starting with WI

There are 38 five-letter words that start with WI on Word.ws, from wicky to wizzy. The most common are wings, witch, widow, width and wiped.

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All 38 five-letter words that start with WI

  • wicky17n. Sheep laurel, a shrub of species Kalmia angustifolia.
  • widen9v. To become wide or wider.
  • widow12n. A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not...
  • width12n. The state of being wide.
  • wield9v. To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool.
  • wifed12adj. Having a wife or the specified number of wives.
  • wifey14adj. Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife.
  • wigan9n. A canvas-like cotton fabric, often coated with latex rubber, used to...
  • wiggy13adj. Crazy.
  • wight12n. A supernatural being, often used in compounds such as the land-vættr...
  • wilco10interj. Indicates agreement and compliance.
  • wilds9n. Wilderness.
  • wilga9n. Geijera parviflora, a small tree or bush found in inland parts of...
  • willy11adj. Self-willed; willful.
  • wilty11adj. Tending to wilt.
  • wince10n. A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.
  • winch13n. A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet...
  • windy12adj. Accompanied by wind.
  • winer8n. A person who habitually drinks wine.
  • wings9n. A type of scuba harness with an attached buoyancy compensation device...
  • wingy12n. One who has an amputated arm or arms.
  • winky15adj. Tending to wink; winking.
  • winne8n. Joy; delight; pleasure.
  • winny11n. Synonym of winnebago.
  • wiped11adj. Very tired.
  • wiper10n. Someone who wipes.
  • wired9adj. Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other...
  • wisen8v. To become wise or wiser.
  • wispy13adj. Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or...
  • wisse8v. To show, teach, inform, guide, direct.
  • witan8n. The Anglo-Saxon national council or witenagemot.
  • witch13n. A person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar...
  • withe11n. A flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or...
  • withy14n. An osier (Salix viminalis), a type of willow.
  • witte8n. Spelling of wit.
  • witts8n. Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping.
  • witty11adj. Clever; amusingly ingenious.
  • wizzy29n. A wisdom tooth.
18 rare five-letter words that start with WI

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with WI are there?
Word.ws lists 38 five-letter words that start with WI, plus 18 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with WI?
wings, witch, widow, width, wiped, wired, willy and windy.
Which of the five-letter words that start with WI has the highest letter score?
wizzy scores 29 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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