5-letter words containing s, w, e
- wefts — Plural form of weft.
- weirs — Plural form of weir.
- wekas — Plural form of weka.
- welds — Plural form of weld.
- wells — a hole drilled or bored into the earth to obtain water, petroleum, natural gas, brine, or sulfur.
- welsh — to cheat by failing to pay a gambling debt: You aren't going to welsh on me, are you?
- welts — a ridge or wale on the surface of the body, as from a blow of a stick or whip.
- wends — to pursue or direct (one's way).
- wents — Plural form of went.
- wenus — Wasted Energy Negotiation Union System
- wersh — tasteless; insipid
- werst — Obsolete spelling of verst.
- wesak — a festival in May celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha
- weser — a river in Germany, flowing N from S Lower Saxony into the North Sea. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- wessi — a native, inhabitant, or citizen of that part of Germany that was formerly West Germany
- wetas — Plural form of weta.
- weyse — Christoph Ernst Friedrich, 1774–1842, Danish organist and composer.
- whens — at what time or period? how long ago? how soon?: When are they to arrive? When did the Roman Empire exist?
- whets — to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction.
- wheys — a milk serum, separating as liquid from the curd after coagulation, as in cheese making.
- whies — Plural form of why.
- whoes — Obsolete form of whose.
- whose — as who should say, Archaic. in a manner of speaking; so to say.
- whsle — wholesale
- wides — Plural form of wide.
- wifes — a married woman, especially when considered in relation to her partner in marriage.
- wikes — Plural form of wike.
- wiles — a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
- wines — Plural form of wine.
- wipes — Plural form of wipe.
- wires — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- wised — Simple past tense and past participle of wise.
- wisen — To become wiser.
- wiser — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- wises — Plural form of wise.
- wishe — Obsolete spelling of wish.
- wites — a fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime. a fee demanded for granting a special privilege.
- wives — plural of wife.
- wooes — (dated) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of woo.
- worse — in ill health; sick: He felt badly.
- wrens — Sir Christopher, 1632–1723, English architect.
- wrest — to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
- wries — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wry.
- wykes — Plural form of wyke.