6-letter words containing w, e, l
- reweld — to weld again
- rewild — to introduce (animals or plants) to their original habitat or to a habitat similar to their natural one: proposals to rewild elephants to the American plains.
- rowley — Thomas. ?1586–?1642, English dramatist, who collaborated with John Ford and Thomas Dekker on The Witch of Edmonton (1621) and with Thomas Middleton on The Changeling (1622)
- sewall — Samuel, 1652–1730, American jurist, born in England.
- sewell — Anna, 1820–78, English author.
- slewed — simple past tense of slay.
- swiler — (in Newfoundland) a seal hunter
- swiple — the part of a flail that strikes the grain in threshing
- swivel — a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it, especially to turn in a full circle.
- trowel — any of various tools having a flat blade with a handle, used for depositing and working mortar, plaster, etc.
- twelve — a cardinal number, 10 plus 2.
- umwelt — the environmental factors, collectively, that are capable of affecting the behaviour of an animal or individual
- unclew — to unfurl (a sail) from the yardarm
- unweal — sadness or sorrow
- unwell — not well; ailing; ill.
- upwell — to well up, as water from a spring.
- viewly — pleasant on the eye
- vowels — Phonetics. (in English articulation) a speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs (opposed to consonant). (in a syllable) the sound of greatest sonority, as i in grill. Compare consonant (def 1b). (in linguistic function) a concept empirically determined as a phonological element in structural contrast with consonant, as the (ē) of be (bē), we (wē), and yeast (yēst).
- wabble — the larva of a botfly, Cuterebra emasculator, that infests squirrels and other rodents, rendering the males sterile.
- waddle — to walk with short steps, swaying or rocking from side to side, as a duck.
- waffle — waffling language.
- waggle — to wobble or shake, especially while in motion: The ball waggled slowly to a stop. The leaves of the tree waggled in the wind.
- wailed — to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
- wailer — to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
- walden — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- walers — Plural form of waler.
- walesa — Lech [lek] /lɛk/ (Show IPA), born 1943, Polish labor leader: a leader of Solidarity 1980; president 1990–96; Nobel Peace Prize 1983.
- walked — Simple past tense and past participle of walk.
- walker — Alice, born 1944, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- walkie — A walkie-talkie.
- walled — of or relating to a wall: wall space.
- waller — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- wallet — a flat, folding pocketbook, especially one large enough to hold paper money, credit cards, driver's license, etc., and sometimes having a compartment for coins.
- walter — Bruno [broo-noh] /ˈbru noʊ/ (Show IPA), (Bruno Schlesinger) 1876–1962, German opera and symphony conductor, in U.S. after 1939.
- wamble — to move unsteadily.
- wandle — supple or limber
- wangle — to bring about, accomplish, or obtain by scheming or underhand methods: to wangle an invitation.
- wankel — Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), 1902–88, German engineer: inventor of rotary engine.
- wankle — wobbly or insecure
- warble — to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments: The canary warbled most of the day.
- warely — (obsolete) Watchfully; with caution.
- warley — an industrial town in W central England, in Sandwell unitary authority, West Midlands: formed in 1966 by the amalgamation of Smethwick, Oldbury, and Rowley Regis. Pop: 189 854 (2001)
- warsle — wrestle
- wastel — (obsolete) A kind of fine white bread or cake.
- wattle — Often, wattles. a number of rods or stakes interwoven with twigs or tree branches for making fences, walls, etc.
- wauled — Simple past tense and past participle of waul.
- wavell — Archibald Percival, 1st Earl, 1883–1950, British field marshal and author: viceroy of India 1943–47.
- weakly — weak or feeble in constitution; not robust; sickly.
- wealth — a great quantity or store of money, valuable possessions, property, or other riches: the wealth of a city.
- weanel — a recently weaned child or animal