5-letter words starting with W

Use this list of five-letter words that start with W to build a quick practice set. Ask your child to say each word out loud, clap the syllables, and try to spell it. Choose 5–10 words at a time to keep practice short and positive.

  • wagonnoun

    A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads.

    2 syllables
  • waistnoun

    The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.

    1 syllables
  • wantsnoun

    A desire, wish, longing.

    Grade Grade 1Scrabble 8
  • wastenoun

    Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.

    1 syllables
  • watchverb

    To keep vigil as a devotional exercise

    1 syllables
  • waternoun

    The liquid that descends from the clouds as rain, forms streams, lakes, and seas, and is a major constituent of all living matter and that when pure is an odorless, tasteless, very slightly compressible liquid oxide of hydrogen HO which appears bluish in thick layers, freezes at 0°C and boils at 100°C, has a maximum density at 4°C and a high specific heat, is feebly ionized to hydrogen and hydroxyl ions, and is a poor conductor of electricity and a good solvent

    2 syllablesGrade Grade 1
  • wavesnoun

    A noun used in various contexts.

    2 syllables
  • weighverb

    To ascertain the heaviness of by or as if by a balance

    1 syllables
  • weirdnoun

    Fate; destiny; luck.

    1 syllables
  • we'llcontraction

    We will : we shall

    1 syllables
  • whalenoun

    Any of various very large, aquatic, marine mammals (order Cetacea) that have a torpedo-shaped body with a thick layer of blubber, paddle-shaped forelimbs but no hind limbs, a horizontally flattened tail, and nostrils that open externally at the top of the head; also : cetacean

    2 syllables
  • whereadverb

    At, in, or to what place

    1 syllables
  • whereadverb

    At, in, or to what place

    1 syllables
  • whichadjective

    Being what one or ones out of a group

    1 syllables
  • whichadjective

    Being what one or ones out of a group

    1 syllables
  • whilenoun

    A period of time especially when short and marked by the occurrence of an action or a condition : time

    2 syllables
  • whiteadjective

    Having the color of new snow or milk

    1 syllablesGrade Kindergarten
  • whiteadjective

    Having the color of new snow or milk

    1 syllables
  • whiteadjective

    Having the color of new snow or milk

    1 syllables
  • wholeadjective

    Free of defect or impairment : intact

    1 syllables
  • who'scontraction

    Who is

    1 syllables
  • whoseadjective

    Of or relating to whom or which especially as possessor or possessors, agent or agents, or object or objects of an action

    1 syllables
  • witchnoun

    A person who practices witchcraft; a woman or man who practices witchcraft.

    1 syllables
  • wittyadjective

    Wise, having good judgement.

    2 syllables
  • womennoun

    Women are adult female humans. They can be mothers, daughters, or friends.

    2 syllables
  • won'tcontraction

    Will not

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 2
  • wordsnoun

    A brief remark or conversation

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 1
  • worldnoun

    The earthly state of human existence

    1 syllables
  • wouldverb

    —used in auxiliary function to express plan or intention

    1 syllables
  • wouldverb

    —used in auxiliary function to express plan or intention

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 2
  • wrecknoun

    Something cast up on the land by the sea especially after a shipwreck

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 3
  • wristnoun

    The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.

    1 syllables
  • writeverb

    To form (characters, symbols, etc.) on a surface with an instrument (such as a pen)

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 1
  • writeverb

    To form (characters, symbols, etc.) on a surface with an instrument (such as a pen)

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 1
  • writeverb

    To form (characters, symbols, etc.) on a surface with an instrument (such as a pen)

    1 syllables
  • wrongadjective

    Not correct; not right

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 1