Common 5-letter words that start with WA
With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.
- water★8binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless…
- watch★13to observe carefully
- waste★8to use thoughtlessly
- wants★8to have a desire for
- walls★8an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness
- waves★11one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a…
- wages★9something that remunerates
- walks★12to proceed by moving each leg in turn, touching down with the heel before the toe
- watts★8a unit of power
- wagon★9any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
- waist★8the part of the body between the ribs and the hips
- warns★8to make aware of impending or possible danger
- waits★8to stay in expectation of
- wacky★17very irrational
- waive★11to give up intentionally
- wards★9a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
All 114 words
5-letter words starting with WAA (1)
Top score: WAACS, 10 points
5-letter words starting with WAC (4)
Top score: WACKY, 17 points. very irrational
5-letter words starting with WAD (8)
Top score: WADDY, 13 points. to strike with a thick club
5-letter words starting with WAF (3)
Top score: WAFFS, 14 points. to wave
5-letter words starting with WAG (6)
Top score: WAGYU, 12 points. a Japanese strain of beef cattle
5-letter words starting with WAH (1)
Top score: WAHOO, 11 points. a flowering shrub
5-letter words starting with WAI (11)
Top score: WAIVE, 11 points (tied with three others). to give up intentionally
5-letter words starting with WAK (6)
Top score: WAKFS, 15 points
5-letter words starting with WAL (13)
Top score: WALTZ, 17 points. to perform a ballroom dance
5-letter words starting with WAM (3)
Top score: WAMED, 11 points
5-letter words starting with WAN (11)
Top score: WANZE, 17 points
5-letter words starting with WAQ (1)
Top score: WAQFS, 20 points
5-letter words starting with WAR (14)
Top score: WAREZ, 17 points. illegally copied software
5-letter words starting with WAS (8)
Top score: WASHY, 14 points. overly diluted
5-letter words starting with WAT (4)
Top score: WATCH, 13 points. to observe carefully
5-letter words starting with WAU (6)
Top score: WAUFF, 14 points
5-letter words starting with WAV (4)
Top score: WAVEY, 14 points. the snow goose
5-letter words starting with WAW (3)
Top score: WAWAS, 11 points (tied with two others)
5-letter words starting with WAX (4)
Top score: WAXED, 16 points. to coat with a natural, heat-sensitive substance
5-letter words starting with WAY (1)
Top score: WAYED, 12 points
5-letter words starting with WAZ (2)
Top score: WAZOO, 17 points (tied with one other). an offensive word
About these words
- 114 of the 12,982 5-letter words start with WA (1%).
- 80 are good in NWL2023, 114 in Collins Scrabble Words, 80 in WOW24 and 74 in the Words With Friends list. 24 are everyday words.
- In Scrabble points, waqfs scores the most (20), then six words on 17.