5-Letter Words Starting With WA
There are 119 five-letter words starting with WA, including 14 common puzzle answers. A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words Starting With WA
Common puzzle answers are everyday words of the kind word puzzles choose as solutions, most common first. Plurals and rare words are valid guesses but rarely answers, so they're listed separately below.
- WATER Clear, colorless liquid that freezes at 0°c and boils at 100°c
- WATCH A small portable timepiece worn on the wrist or carried
- WASTE Unwanted materials that are discarded as useless
- WAIST The narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
- WAGON A wheeled vehicle drawn by an animal or tractor
- WAGER A bet on the outcome of an issue
- WALTZ A ballroom dance in triple time with accent on the first beat
- WACKY Ludicrous or foolish
- WAIVE Gives up or relinquishes a right or claim voluntarily
- WAFER A small thin crisp cake or cookie
- WAVER To pause or hesitate in uncertainty
- WAHOO A large fast-moving predatory food and game fish
More Common Puzzle Answers
- WARTY
- WAXEN
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common last letter: S (44%), Y (13%), E (8%)
- Most common additional vowel: E, in 38% of these words
- Letters that most often appear alongside: S, E, R, D, T
- Most have 2 vowels (61%)
- 23% contain a repeated letter
- 14 of the 119 are common puzzle answers (12%)
Other Valid Words
105 additional dictionary words start with WA — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- WANTS
- WANNA
- WALLS
- WALES
- WAVES
- WALKS
- WAGES
- WATTS
- WARNS
- WAKES
- WAITS
- WARDS
- WAVED
- WALLY
- WASPS
- WALDO
- WAGED
- WARMS
- WARES
- WAXED
- WARTS
- WAITE
- WAUGH
- WALLA
- WANED
- WANDS
- WAGGA
- WAXES
- WASHY
- WADED
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- WAILS
- WARPS
- WACKO
- WANES
- WASHI
- WAKEN
- WAZIR
- WAGYU
- WAKER
- WADES
- WAZOO
- WAKED
- WAFTS
- WARBY
- WAIFS
- WANTA
- WADDY
- WAVEY
- WAREZ
- WANKS
- WANGS
- WADER
- WARRE
- WANKY
- WAHEY
- WADIS
- WASPY
- WAXER
- WANLY
- WARKS
- WALIS
- WACKS
- WAINS
- WAIDE
- WANTY
- WAKAS
- WALER
- WADGE
- WARED
- WALED
- WAMES
- WAMED
- WASES
- WACKE
- WASTS
- WARST
- WAWES
- WALIE
- WAMUS
- WANEY
- WAWAS
- WAURS
- WADAS
- WAIRS
- WAYED
- WALTY
- WALDS
- WAULS
- WANLE
- WADDS
- WAHAY
- WANZE
- WARBS
- WATAP
- WASMS
- WAFFS
- WAIFT
- WAWLS
- WAUKS
- WAULK
- WADTS
- WAUFF
- WAACS
- WAKFS
- WAQFS
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Generated from the TurnWord word database, the dictionary behind the Word Solver and Word Bot. Common puzzle answers are our curated answer list, the everyday words word puzzles tend to use as answers — not the official answer list of any game; every other word is a valid guess. Counts and statistics are computed from this list. Word database updated September 19, 2026.