5-Letter Words Starting With WA
There are 74 five-letter words starting with WA in our dictionary; 52 of them are common words.
Type your own letters to find only the 5-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
All 74 words
- watch13 points
- walks12 points
- waits8 points
- walls8 points
- wants8 points
- warns8 points
- waste8 points
- water8 points
- waked13 points
- wakes12 points
- waved12 points
- waves11 points
- waded10 points
- warms10 points
- warps10 points
- wades9 points
- wages9 points
- waltz17 points
- waxed16 points
- waxes15 points
- waken12 points
- wafer11 points
- wafts11 points
- waifs11 points
- waive11 points
- waver11 points
- waged10 points
- wasps10 points
- wager9 points
- wagon9 points
- wands9 points
- waned9 points
- wards9 points
- wails8 points
- waist8 points
- wanes8 points
- warts8 points
- watts8 points
- wacky17 points
- wares8 points
- waxen15 points
- wacko14 points
- wacks14 points
- wanly11 points
- warty11 points
- wader9 points
- wadis9 points
- waled9 points
- wales8 points
- wally11 points
- washy14 points
- wains8 points
- wacke14 points
- wahoo11 points
- waxer15 points
- waffs14 points
- wavey14 points
- waddy13 points
- waspy13 points
- waker12 points
- warks12 points
- waugh12 points
- wauks12 points
- waney11 points
- wawls11 points
- wames10 points
- wamus10 points
- watap10 points
- wared9 points
- wairs8 points
- waler8 points
- walla8 points
- wasts8 points
- wauls8 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 74
- By usage: 38 very common, 14 common, 22 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- wacky 17
- waltz 17
- waxed 16
- waxen 15
- waxer 15
- waxes 15
- wacke 14
- wacko 14
- wacks 14
- waffs 14
Most common
- watch
- walks
- waits
- walls
- wants
- warns
- waste
- water
- waked
- wakes
Definitions
- watch (noun)
- A small portable timepiece.
- waste (adjective)
- Located in a dismal or remote area; desolate.
- water (noun)
- Binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent.
This page lists every one of the 74 five-letter words starting with WA in our dictionary. Each word links to its own unscramble page when one exists, and the score badge shows its value with classic tiles. Common words come first, so WATCH, WALKS and WAITS sit near the top while the rare entries wait further down. If you are holding a specific rack, type it into the search box and the list narrows to the words you can actually play.
How to use this page
Start by scanning the common words at the top; they are the ones most likely to be accepted and remembered. Then check the quick facts for the highest-scoring options. If you have a rack in front of you, the search box applies this page's constraint to your letters and returns only what you can play.
Tips
Hooks are single letters added to the front or back of an existing word to make a new one, and they are the cheapest way to score in a crowded game. Look through the words on this page for ones that become a different valid word with one more letter, or that can be formed by extending a shorter word already on the board. Suffixes such as S, ED, ER and ING, and prefixes such as RE and UN, do most of the work. A hook lets you play a second word in parallel and collect both scores.
Questions
How many five-letter words starting with WA are there?
Our dictionary has 74 five-letter words starting with WA, of which 52 are common English words. The count comes from the public-domain ENABLE list, so it can differ slightly from the dictionary a particular game uses.
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words starting with WA?
WACKY scores 17 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.