5-letter words starting with W
There are 400 five-letter words that start with W in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is WHIZZ at 29 points. A is the most common second letter, in 109 of them, and the average score is 11 points.
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W is a four-point tile that opens the classic wh question words and pairs neatly with R at the start. These 400 words are 3.2% of all 12,578 five-letter words, and W is the 14th most common first letter at this length. The solver above is already set to 5 letters starting with W, so typing your rack shows only the ones your tiles can make.
For Wordle, WASTE is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 400 words.
5-letter words starting with W in numbers
- Words
- 400
- Highest scoring
- WHIZZ 29 pts
- Average score
- 11.0 pts
- With a definition
- 229 (57%)
- A109
- E58
- H64
- I75
- O53
- R28
- U7
- Y6
Highest-scoring 5-letter words starting with w
5-letter words starting with W (400)
These 300 of the 400 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every second letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words start with W?
400, which is 3.2% of the 12,578 five-letter words in Unscrambly's list. 229 of them have a dictionary definition.
What is the best 5 letter word starting with W for Scrabble?
WHIZZ scores 29 points before bonus squares. Next come WAQFS (20), WOOZY (20) and WACKY (17). The average is 11 points.
Which letter most often comes second in 5 letter words starting with W?
A, in 109 of the 400 (27%). I follows with 75.
What is a good Wordle guess that starts with W?
WASTE. Among the familiar words on this list with five different letters, it uses the letters that appear in the most of these 400 words, so one guess tests a big share of the candidates.