5-letter words containing w, e, l
- wales — something that is selected as the best; choice.
- waley — Arthur (Arthur David Schloss) 1889–1966, British translator of Chinese and Japanese literature.
- walke — Obsolete spelling of walk.
- we'll — We'll is the usual spoken form of 'we shall' or 'we will'.
- weald — The, a region in SE England, in Kent, Surrey, and Essex counties: once a forest area; now an agricultural region.
- weale — Alternative form of wale.
- weals — wheal.
- wedel — to engage in wedeln.
- weels — Plural form of weel.
- weely — A kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs.
- weill — Kurt [kurt;; German koo rt] /kɜrt;; German kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1900–50, German composer, in the U.S. after 1935.
- welby — Justin (Portal). born 1956, English clergyman; Archbishop of Canterbury from 2013
- welch — welsh.
- welds — Plural form of weld.
- welkt — twisted
- wells — a hole drilled or bored into the earth to obtain water, petroleum, natural gas, brine, or sulfur.
- welly — wellie.
- 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.
- welty — Eudora [yoo-dawr-uh,, -dohr-uh] /yuˈdɔr ə,, -ˈdoʊr ə/ (Show IPA), 1909–2001, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- wetly — moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
- whale — any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
- wheal — a small, burning or itching swelling on the skin, as from a mosquito bite or from hives.
- wheel — a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
- whelk — a pimple or pustule.
- whelm — to submerge; engulf.
- whelp — the young of the dog, or of the wolf, bear, lion, tiger, seal, etc.
- while — a period or interval of time: to wait a long while; He arrived a short while ago.
- whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
- whsle — wholesale
- whyle — Obsolete spelling of while.
- wield — to exercise (power, authority, influence, etc.), as in ruling or dominating.
- wilde — Oscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Wills) [fing-guh l oh-fla-her-tee wilz,, oh-flair-tee] /ˈfɪŋ gəl oʊˈflæ hər ti ˈwɪlz,, oʊˈflɛər ti/ (Show IPA), ("Sebastian Melmoth") 1854–1900, Irish poet, dramatist, novelist, essayist, and critic.
- wiled — Simple past tense and past participle of wile.
- wiles — a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
- wille — Obsolete spelling of will.
- wolfe — Charles, 1791–1823, Irish poet.
- wolve — To behave like a wolf.
- wyler — William, 1902–81, U.S. film director, born in Germany.
- wylie — Elinor (Elinor Morton Hoyt) 1885–1928, U.S. poet and novelist.