Typically, healing words and cure wounds are the spells of choice for low-level characters, but which one is better. Well, Cure wounds heal a lot more than the Healing word does, but cure wounds also require you to be touching your target. It also takes an action, meaning that you need to move to your target and then take an action to touch him, and that’s your turn. However, the healing word does heal for less but is more versatile. If you want to throw out a few healing spells, but still want to attack and perform other actions, then the use of the healing word is the best for you. Healing word is a battle spell, while cure wounds is a better spell to use outside of combat where everyone can rest. The speed at which you can cast it and the range just makes it a much better option for battle heals.