5-Letter Words with W

All 462 five-letter words with W: page 1 of 2

A

• ablow10adj. Blowing or being blown; windy.
• adowa9n. A traditional dance of the Akan people of Ghana, with hand movements...
• adown9adv. Down, downward; to or in a lower place.
• aglow9adj. Glowing; radiant.
• allow8v. To let one have as a suitable share of something.
• arrow8n. A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing...
• askew12adj. Turned or twisted to one side.
• await8v. To wait for.
• awake12adj. Not asleep; conscious.
• awara8n. The palm tree Astrocaryum vulgare which is native to the Amazon...
• award9n. A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of...
• aware8adj. Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
• awash11adj. Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an...
• awful11adj. Very bad.
• awing9adv. On the wing; flying; fluttering.

B

• bawdy14adj. Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
• below10prep. Lower in spatial position than.
• blaow10interj. A sudden explosion, gunshot, or similar sound.
• blown10adj. Distended, swollen, or inflated.
• blowy13adj. Windy or breezy.
• bowed11adj. Having a bow (rod for playing stringed instruments).
• bowel10n. A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.
• bower10n. A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval...
• bowie10n. A Bowie knife.
• bowls10n. A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on...
• brawl10n. A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people...
• brawn10n. Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
• brown10n. A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
• bwana10n. Big boss, important person.
• bylaw13n. A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
• byway16n. A road or track not following a main route; a secondary or minor road...

C

• cahow13n. An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird (Pterodroma cahow), from Bermuda.
• chawl13n. A type of residential tenement building found in India, typically for...
• chewy16adj. Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed.
• chowk17n. An intersection or roundabout, where tracks or roads cross (often used...
• chown13v. To change the owner of (a file or directory).
• clown10n. A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and...
• cowal10n. A billabong, or stagnant pool.
• cowan10n. A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an...
• cowed11adj. Frightened into submission.
• cower10v. To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
• cowie10n. A pill, especially of the drug ecstasy.
• crawl10v. To move by dragging one's body along or close to a surface, like a worm...
• crewe10n. A group of people, especially in Louisiana, who support a Mardi Gras...
• crowd11v. To press forward; to advance by pushing.
• crowl10n. A small person or creature; a dwarf or runt.
• crown10n. A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
• cwtch15n. A cubbyhole or similar hiding place.

D

• dawah12n. Islamic proselytism, particularly through preaching.
• dewan9n. A holder of any of various offices in various (usually Islamic)...
• dewar9n. A vacuum flask; a vessel which keeps its contents hotter or cooler than...
• dewey12n. A charge of DUI.
• dowdy13adj. Plain and unfashionable in style or dress.
• dowel9n. A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting...
• dower9n. The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to...
• dowie9adj. Dull, dreary; melancholy.
• downy12adj. Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or...
• dowry12n. Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the...
• dowse9v. To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
• drawl9v. To drag on slowly and heavily; to dawdle or while away time indolently.
• drawn9adj. Depleted.
• drown9v. To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
• dwarf12n. Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other...
• dwell9n. A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given...
• dword10n. A numerical value of twice the magnitude of a word, typically used in...

E

• elbow10n. The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
• endow9v. To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a...

F

• fatwa11n. A formal legal decree, opinion, or ruling issued by a mufti or other...
• fawad12v. To come.
• fewer11det. Less; a smaller amount of something non-integral commonly expressed as...
• flown11adj. Suspended in the flies.
• flowy14adj. Flowing; able to flow.
• fower11n. The digit 4 in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
• frown11n. A wrinkling of the forehead with the eyebrows brought together...

G

• gawky16adj. Awkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement.
• glowy12adj. Glowing.
• gowan9n. A common daisy (Bellis perennis).
• growl9n. A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal.
• grown9adj. Covered by growth; overgrown.

H

• hawse11n. The part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
• hewer11n. One who hews.
• howay14interj. A general cry of encouragement.
• howdy15interj. An informal greeting.
• howel11n. A plane-like tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering their...

I

• inlaw8v. To clear of outlawry or attainder, to return to the protection of the...

J

• jawab17n. An answer, especially a dismissal, or a woman's rejection of a marriage...
• jawan15n. An infantryman; a soldier.
• jawar15n. Sorghum, Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).
• jawed16adj. Having jaws.
• jewel15n. A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
• jowly18adj. Having conspicuous jowls; with a double chin.

K

• kalaw12n. Synonym of rufous hornbill (Buceros hydrocorax).
• karwa12n. Cooking pot.
• kawal12n. A meat substitute made in Sudan from the fermented leaves of the...
• kiawe12n. Prosopis pallida, a species of mesquite tree.
• knowe12n. A small hill; a knoll.
• known12adj. Identified as a specific type; famous, renowned.
• krewe12n. A private organization in New Orleans or elsewhere that exists to stage...
• kween12n. A queen.

L

• lewis8n. A cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones; used...
• liwan8n. A long, narrow-fronted hall or vaulted portal found in Levantine homes...
• lowan8n. Synonym of mallee fowl.
• lowen8v. To make or become low.
• lower8adj. Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
• lowly11adj. Not high; not elevated in place; low.
• lowry11n. An open boxcar used on railroads.
• lowth11n. Lowness.

M

• macaw12n. Any of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta...
• madow11n. Heroin.
• malwa10n. Beer made with millet, common in Africa.
• mamaw12n. One's mother.
• marwa10n. An open hut used for upanayana and marriage ceremonies in the Mithila...
• mawla10n. A patron or protector.
• miaow10n. UK spelling of meow.
• mower10n. A lawnmower, a machine used to cut grass on lawns.

N

• nawab10n. A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler...
• newco10n. A new company, especially one spun-off from or replacing an existing...
• newel8n. A central pillar around which some types of spiral staircase are...
• newly11adv. Very recently/lately; in the immediate past.
• newsy11adj. Containing lots of news; informative.
• noway11adv. In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise; no way.

O

• owing9adj. Still to be paid; owed as a debt.
• owler8n. The alder tree.
• owlet8n. A young owl; owling.
• owned9adj. Having an owner who is part of a specified group.
• owner8n. One who owns something.
• oxbow17n. A U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts of...

P

• patwa10n. Any of the genus Cichlasoma of fishes.
• pawed11adj. Having (a specified kind or number of) paws.
• pewee10n. Any of various tyrant flycatchers of the genus Contopus.
• power10n. The ability to do or undergo something.
• powis10n. A black curassow (Crax alector).
• prawn10n. A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata.
• prowl10v. To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to...
• pshaw13interj. Indicating contempt, disgust, irritation, impatience, or disbelief.

R

• rawly11adv. In a raw manner.
• renew8v. To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original...
• rowan8n. Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
• rowdy12adj. Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.
• rowed9adj. Formed into a row, or rows; having a specified number of rows.
• rowel8n. A small spiked wheel on the end of a spur of certain types.
• rowen8n. A stubble field left unploughed until late in the autumn, so that it...
• rower8n. One who rows.

S

• sahwa11n. A series of political purges in the late 15th and 16th centuries...
• sanwa8n. Synonym of Japanese millet (“Echinochloa esculenta”).
• sawah11n. A rice paddy.
• sawer8n. One who saws; a sawyer.
• schwa13n. An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented...
• scowl10n. The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of...
• screw10n. A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.
• serow8n. Any of several species of Asian ungulates of the genus Capricornis.
• sewed9adj. Having been created through the sewing process.
• sewel8n. A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to...
• sewer8n. A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human...
• sewin8n. Sea trout, a subspecies of brown trout (Salmo trutta morpha trutta).
• shawl11n. A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head...
• shawm13n. A mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body.
• shaws11n. Stalks or leaves of root vegetables.
• showy14adj. Making a striking or aesthetically pleasing display.
• shrew11n. Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the...
• shuwa11n. A dish from Oman consisting of lamb or goat slow-cooked for hours...
• sinew8n. A cord or tendon of the body.
• slows8n. Milk sickness.
• snows8n. One or both regions of the Earth where it snows the year round; the...
• snowy11adj. Marked by snow; characterized by snow.
• sower8n. One who or that which sows.
• spawn10v. To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
• stews8n. A brothel.
• stewy11adj. Stew-like, similar to stew.
• straw8n. A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
• strew8v. To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially...
• swage9n. A tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for shaping of a...
• swain8n. A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.
• swale8n. A low tract of moist or marshy land.
• swami10n. A Hindu ascetic or religious teacher.
• swamp12n. An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees...
• swang9n. A swamp.
• swara8n. Synonym of vani (“arranged marriage practice”).
• sward9n. Earth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod...
• swarf11n. The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as...
• swarm10n. A large number of insects or other bugs (e.g. centipedes), especially...
• swart8adj. Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
• swash11n. The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
• swath11n. The track cut out by a scythe in mowing.
• swear8v. To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally...
• sweat8n. Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to...
• swede9n. The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rapeseed, Brassica napus var....
• sweep10v. To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
• sweet8adj. Tasting of sugars.
• swell8v. To become larger, fuller, or rounder, or expand in size or shape...
• swept10adj. Cleared of mines (explosive devices).
• swift11adj. Fast; quick; rapid.
• swill8n. A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially...
• swine8n. A pig, an animal of family Suidae, especially in agricultural contexts.
• swing9v. To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
• swink12n. Toil, work, drudgery.
• swipe10v. To grab or bat quickly.
• swire8n. A hollow between two hills or peaks, especially with a road running...
• swirl8v. To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
• swish11adj. Sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.
• swiss8v. To prepare (meat, fabric, etc.) by rolling or pounding in order to...
• swith11adj. Strong; vehement.
• swizz26n. A swindle, con.
• swole8adj. Swollen, enlarged.
• swoon8n. A faint.
• swoop10v. To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive.
• sword9n. A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard...
• sworn8adj. Given or declared under oath.

T

• taqwa17n. The care taken by a person to obey the commands of Allah.
• tawaf11n. The ritual of circumambulating the Kaaba seven times as part of the...
• tawny11adj. Of a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with...
• tawse8n. A leather strap or thong which is split into (typically three) tails...
• throw11v. To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an...
• thwap13interj. The sound of a heavy smack.
• towan8n. A sand dune.
• towel8n. A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet...
• tower8n. A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either...
• towie8n. A tow truck.
• towny11adj. Characteristic of a town.
• trawl8n. A net or dragnet used for trawling.
• trews8n. Trousers, especially if close-fitting and tartan.
• twain8n. Pair, couple.
• twang9n. The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a...
• tweak12v. To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
• tweed9n. A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.
• tweek12n. A form of atmospherics (radio interference) produced when the...
• tween8n. An action of tweening (inserting frames for continuity); a sequence of...
• tweep10n. A chirp or beep.
• tweet8n. The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
• twerk12n. Synonym of twerking (“a sexually-provocative dance, involving the...
• twerp10n. A fool, a twit.
• twice10adv. Two times.
• twill8n. A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular...
• twine8n. A twist; a convolution.
• twink12v. To twinkle; to sparkle.
• twins8n. A woman's breasts.
• twirl8n. A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
• twirp10interj. An imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn.
• twist8n. A twisting force.
• twite8n. A small passerine bird, Linaria flavirostris (syn. Carduelis...
• twixt15prep. Synonym of betwixt (“between”).
• twonk12n. A stupid person.
• twunk12n. A muscular twink.

U

• unwed9adj. Not married.

V

• vowed12adj. Undertaken in accordance with a vow; solemnly promised.
• vowel11n. A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction...
• vrouw11n. A Dutchwoman.

W

• waaay11adv. Elongated form of way.
• wacko14interj. Hurrah!
• wacky17adj. Zany; eccentric.
• waddy13n. A cowboy.
• wader9n. One who wades.
• wadge10n. Thick slice of bread.
• wafer11n. A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
• waged10adj. Receiving a wage.
• wager9n. A bet; a stake; a pledge.
• wages9n. One's total income for a time period.
• wagga10n. A rug created from material scraps, small raw wool scraps and hessian...
• waggy13adj. Having a tendency to wag.
• wagon9n. A heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry...
• wagyu12n. Any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to...
• wahey14interj. Expressing exhilaration or delight.
• wahoo11n. Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish.
• waist8n. The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
• waits8n. A group of singers or musicians performing in the streets, especially...
• waive11v. To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
• wajib17n. A religious duty; something that Muslims are obliged to do.
• waken12v. To wake or rouse from sleep.
• waker12adj. Watchful; vigilant; alert.
• wakes12n. A community holiday, particularly in northern England.
• wakey15n. The day on which one wakes up and travels home.
• wakil12n. In Arabian countries and in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, a lawyer or...
• waldo9n. Synonym of telefactor.
• waler8n. A breed of light saddle horse from Australia, once favoured as a...
• walia8n. The ibex Capra walie.
• walls8n. The vagina.
• wally11n. A fool.
• waltz17n. A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.
• wandy12adj. Long and flexible, like a wand; wandlike.
• waned9adj. Having wanes, i.e. rounded corners caused by lack of wood, often...
• wanga9n. A magic spell or charm.
• wango9n. A boomerang.
• wanly11adv. In a wan or pale manner.
• wanst8adv. Once.
• wanty11n. A girth or belly-band for a horse's harness.
• wares8n. Goods or services that are for sale.
• waria8n. A member of Indonesia's traditional transfeminine third gender category.
• warry11adj. Warlike, warrish.
• warsh11v. Appalachia, Midland, Ozarks, and Northern Ireland form of wash.
• warth11n. A ford.
• warty11adj. Having warts.
• washi11n. A tough paper used in traditional Japanese art forms.
• washy14adj. Watery; damp; soft.
• waspy13adj. Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike.
• wasta8n. Intercession or mediation by people on behalf of others to whom they...
• waste8n. Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable...
• watch13n. A portable or wearable timepiece.
• water8n. An inorganic compound (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room...
• watsu8n. A form of body massage performed on a subject lying in warm water.
• waugh12adj. Insipid; tasteless.
• waved12adj. Having a wave-like form or outline; undulating.
• waver11v. To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter.
• wavey14n. The snow goose (Chen caerulescens).
• waxed16adj. Of an object, coated or treated with wax in order to make it shiny or...
• waxen15adj. Grown.
• waxer15n. A device used to apply wax.
• wazir17n. Vizier.
• wazoo17n. The anus.
• weald9n. A forest or wood.
• weary11adj. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
• weave11v. To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and...
• webby15adj. Consisting of, resembling, or having webs or a web.
• weber10n. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic...
• wecht13n. A form of sieve used to winnow grain; the weight of its contents.
• wedge10n. One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood...
• wedgy13adj. Resembling a wedge, especially in shape.
• weeds9n. Clothes.
• weedy12adj. Abounding with weeds.
• weeny11adj. Minuscule; tiny.
• weepy13adj. Inclined to weep; tearful or lachrymose.
• weeze17v. To ooze, exude; drain away; distil gently.
• weigh12v. To determine the weight of an object.
• weiqi17n. An ancient Chinese board game, today also popular in Japan and Korea...
• weird9adj. Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
• welch13n. A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one.
• welly11n. A Wellington boot.
• welsh11v. To cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt, especially a...
• wench13n. A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one.
• wenge9n. A very dark and hard tropical timber, from the tree species Millettia...
• werry11adv. Very.
• westy11adj. Dizzy, giddy, confused.
• wetly11adv. In a wet manner.
• whack17n. The sound of a heavy strike.
• whale11n. Any large cetacean, usually with the exclusion of dolphins and...
• whang12v. To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
• whare11n. A Maori house or other building.
• wharf14n. An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.
• wheal11n. A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from...
• wheat11n. Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields...
• wheel11n. A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating...
• wheen11n. A little; a small number.
• whelk15n. Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of...
• whelm13n. A surge of water.
• whelp13n. A young offspring of a various carnivores (canid, ursid, felid...
• where11adv. In, at or to what place.
• which16det. What, of those mentioned or implied.
• whiff17n. A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
• while11n. An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
• whine11n. A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.
• whiny14adj. Whining; tending to whine or complain.
• whirl11v. To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
• whirr11v. To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound.
• whish14n. A sibilant sound, especially that of rapid movement through the air.
• whisk15n. A quick, light sweeping motion.
• whist11n. Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
• white11adj. Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies...
• whity14adj. Close to white in colour.
• whole11adj. Entire, undivided.
• whomp15v. To hit extremely hard.
• whoof14interj. The sound of a dog barking.
• whoop13n. A loud, eager cry, usually of joy.
• whoot11v. To hoot.
• whorl11n. Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles...
• whose11det. Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.
• whoso11pron. Whosoever, whatever person.
• whump15n. A soft thumping sound.
• whyyy20adv. Elongated form of why.
• 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...

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words with W are there?

Word.ws lists 462 five-letter words with W, plus 382 rare ones.

What are common five-letter words with W?

which, would, where, world, while, power, water and white.

Which of the five-letter words with W has the highest letter score?

wuzzy scores 29 points with the standard letter tile values.

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