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Five-letter words starting with WAI
Our Wordle guess list has 10 five-letter words that start with WAI.
10 matching words
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This list has 10 Wordle guesses; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: WAIST (December 6, 2025).
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No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
The WAI prefix fixes these letters in positions 1, 2 and 3; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- W most often the 1st letter (100% of these words).
- A most often the 2nd letter (100% of these words).
- I most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words).
Word notes
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WAIST
The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
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Past Wordle answer: December 6, 2025.
WAIVE
To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
“If you waive the right to be silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.”
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WAITS
plural of wait
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WAIDE
A surname.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WAIFS
plural of waif
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WAIFT
Obsolete form of waif.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WAILS
plural of wail
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WAINS
plural of wain
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WAIRS
plural of wair
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WAITE
Archaic spelling of wait.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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