Five-letter words starting with W

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WACKY Very unlikely used WAFER Very unlikely used WAGER Very unlikely used WAGON Very unlikely used WAIST Very unlikely used WAIVE Likely WAKEN Very unlikely used WALTZ Very unlikely used WARTY Likely WASTE Very unlikely used WATCH Very unlikely used WATER Very unlikely used WAVER Very unlikely used WAXEN Very unlikely used WEARY Possible used WEAVE Very unlikely used WEDGE Very unlikely used WEEDY Very unlikely used WEIGH Very unlikely used WEIRD Very unlikely used WELCH Very unlikely WELSH Very unlikely WENCH Very unlikely WHACK Very unlikely used WHALE Very unlikely used WHARF Very unlikely used WHEAT Very unlikely used WHEEL Very unlikely used WHELP Possible used WHERE Very unlikely used WHICH Very unlikely used WHIFF Very unlikely used WHILE Very unlikely used WHINE Very unlikely used WHINY Very unlikely used WHIRL Very unlikely used WHISK Very unlikely used WHITE Very unlikely used WHOLE Very unlikely used WHOOP Very unlikely used WHOSE Very unlikely used WIDEN Very unlikely used WIDER Very unlikely used WIDOW Likely WIDTH Very unlikely used WIELD Very unlikely used WIGHT Likely WILLY Likely WIMPY Very unlikely used WINCE Very unlikely used WINCH Likely WINDY Very unlikely used WISER Very unlikely used WISPY Very unlikely used WITCH Very unlikely used WITTY Very unlikely used WOKEN Very unlikely used WOMAN Very unlikely used WOMEN Very unlikely used WOODY Likely WOOER Possible used WOOLY Likely WOOZY Likely WORDY Very unlikely used WORLD Possible used WORRY Very unlikely used WORSE Very unlikely used WORST Very unlikely used WORTH Likely WOULD Very unlikely used WOUND Very unlikely used WOVEN Very unlikely used WRACK Likely WRATH Very unlikely used WREAK Very unlikely used WRECK Very unlikely used WREST Very unlikely used WRING Likely WRIST Very unlikely used WRITE Very unlikely used WRONG Very unlikely used WROTE Possible used WRUNG Very unlikely used WRYLY Likely WAGED Possible WAGES Very unlikely WAITS Very unlikely WAKES Very unlikely WALDO Very unlikely WALES Very unlikely WALKS Very unlikely WALLS Very unlikely WALLY Very unlikely WANNA Very unlikely WANTS Very unlikely WARDS Very unlikely WARES Very unlikely WARMS Very unlikely WARNS Very unlikely WARTS Very unlikely WASPS Very unlikely WATTS Very unlikely WAVED Possible WAVES Very unlikely WAXED Possible WEARS Very unlikely WEBER Very unlikely WEEDS Very unlikely WEEKS Very unlikely WELLS Very unlikely WHATS Very unlikely WHIPS Very unlikely WHORE Very unlikely WIGAN Very unlikely WILLS Very unlikely WINDS Very unlikely WINES Very unlikely WINGS Very unlikely WIPED Possible WIPES Very unlikely WIRED Possible WIRES Very unlikely WIVES Very unlikely WOODS Very unlikely WORDS Very unlikely WORKS Very unlikely WORMS Very unlikely WRAPS Very unlikely WAACS Very unlikely WACKE Very unlikely WACKO Possible WACKS Very unlikely WADAS Very unlikely WADDS Very unlikely WADDY Very unlikely WADED Possible WADER Possible WADES Very unlikely WADGE Very unlikely WADIS Very unlikely WADTS Very unlikely WAFFS Very unlikely WAFTS Very unlikely WAGGA Very unlikely WAGYU Very unlikely WAHAY Very unlikely WAHEY Very unlikely WAHOO Very unlikely WAIDE Very unlikely WAIFS Very unlikely WAIFT Very unlikely WAILS Very unlikely WAINS Very unlikely WAIRS Very unlikely WAITE Very unlikely WAKAS Very unlikely WAKED Possible WAKER Very unlikely WAKFS Very unlikely WALDS Very unlikely WALED Very unlikely WALER Very unlikely WALIE Very unlikely WALIS Very unlikely WALLA Very unlikely WALTY Very unlikely WAMED Very unlikely WAMES Very unlikely WAMUS Very unlikely WANDS Very unlikely WANED Possible WANES Very unlikely WANEY Very unlikely WANGS Very unlikely WANKS Very unlikely WANKY Very unlikely WANLE Very unlikely WANLY Possible WANTA Very unlikely WANTY Very unlikely WANZE Very unlikely WAQFS Very unlikely WARBS Very unlikely WARBY Very unlikely WARED Very unlikely WAREZ Very unlikely WARKS Very unlikely WARPS Very unlikely WARRE Very unlikely WARST Very unlikely WASES Very unlikely WASHI Very unlikely WASHY Very unlikely WASMS Very unlikely WASPY Very unlikely WASTS Very unlikely WATAP Very unlikely WAUFF Very unlikely WAUGH Very unlikely WAUKS Very unlikely

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AROSE leaves 13.2714 matching words on average, weighted by the answer model through 2026-11-05. This is the recommended move among a fixed panel of 64 evaluated guesses. All 434 matching words count, including words outside the working answer pool.

This move is an information probe: it does not fit this list and cannot solve this illustrated position immediately. It tests letters in Normal Mode; a Hard Mode move must also keep your revealed hints.

To attempt the most likely matching answer now, WAIVE has a 4.9% modelled immediate solve chance and leaves 44.4596 words on average. This compares an immediate answer attempt with the information gained by the recommended move.

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How many five-letter words start with W?
There are 434 five-letter words that start with W in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 84 words are possible answers.