5-letter words containing w, r
- whort — the whortleberry.
- wider — having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad: a wide boulevard.
- wierd — Misspelling of weird.
- wiery — Obsolete form of wiry.
- wiper — a person or thing that wipes.
- wired — made of wire; consisting of or constructed with wires.
- wirer — a person who wires.
- 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.
- wirra — (Irish) Exclamation of dismay.
- wirtz — William Willard, 1912–2010, U.S. lawyer and government official: Secretary of Labor 1962–69.
- wiser — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- wmrra — Washington Motorcycle Road Racing Association
- wooer — to seek the favor, affection, or love of, especially with a view to marriage. Synonyms: court, pursue, chase.
- worcs — Worcestershire
- worde — Wynkyn de [wing-kin] /ˈwɪŋ kɪn/ (Show IPA), (Jan Van Wynkyn) died 1534 or 35, English printer.
- words — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- wordy — characterized by or given to the use of many, or too many, words; verbose: She grew impatient at his wordy reply.
- worke — Obsolete spelling of work.
- works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- worms — Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
- wormy — containing a worm or worms; contaminated with worms.
- worne — Obsolete spelling of worn, Past participle of wear.
- worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- worse — in ill health; sick: He felt badly.
- worst — in ill health; sick: He felt badly.
- worth — good or important enough to justify (what is specified): advice worth taking; a place worth visiting.
- worts — Plural form of wort.
- wraac — a member of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps
- wraaf — Women's Royal Australian Air Force
- wrack — Also called cloud rack. a group of drifting clouds.
- wrang — Simple past form of wring.
- wrans — Women's Royal Australian Naval Service
- wraps — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- wrapt — a simple past tense and past participle of wrap.
- wrath — Cape, a high promontory in NW Scotland: most NW point on mainland.
- wrawl — to howl or bawl
- wreak — to inflict or execute (punishment, vengeance, etc.): They wreaked havoc on the enemy.
- wreck — any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- wrens — Sir Christopher, 1632–1723, English architect.
- wrest — to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
- wrick — A painful muscular spasm in the neck or back.
- wried — Simple past tense and past participle of wry.
- wrier — produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the facial features: a wry grin.
- wries — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wry.
- wrily — In a wry manner.
- wring — to twist forcibly: He wrung the chicken's neck.
- wrist — the carpus or lower part of the forearm where it joins the hand.
- write — to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe: Write your name on the board.
- writh — Eye dialect of writhe.