In this article, you’ll discover a comprehensive list of words that start with the letter “W,” enhancing your vocabulary and improving your word usage skills.
- Waddle- to walk with short, swaying steps.
- Waffle- to speak or write evasively; also, a type of cooked batter cake.
- Wage- payment for work performed, usually calculated hourly or weekly.
- Waft- to move gently through the air.
- Wager- a bet on the outcome of an event.
- Wagon- a four-wheeled vehicle for transporting goods.
- Waist- the part of the human body below the ribs and above the hips.
- Wait- to stay in one place until an event happens or someone arrives.
- Waive- to voluntarily give up a right or claim.
- Wake- to become awake; also, a trail of disturbed water or air left by a moving vessel.
- Walk- to move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn.
- Wall- a continuous vertical structure that encloses or divides an area.
- Waltz- a ballroom dance in triple time.
- Wane- to decrease in size, extent, or degree.
- Want- to have a desire for something.
- War- a state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups within a country.
- Warm- having or giving out a moderate degree of heat.
- Warn- to inform someone of a possible danger or problem.
- Warp- to twist or distort.
- Wart- a small, hard, benign growth on the skin.
- Wary- feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems.
- Wash- to clean by immersing in water.
- Wasp- an insect of a slender wasp-waisted order, with a stinging apparatus.
- Waste- use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
- Watch- to look at or observe attentively over a period of time.
- Water- a clear, colorless, odorless, and tasteless liquid.
- Wattle- a framework of poles intertwined with twigs, reeds, or branches used for building.
- Wave- a long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore.
- Wax- a sticky yellowish substance secreted by bees; also, to increase gradually in size.
- Way- a method, style, or manner of doing something.
- We- pronoun used to refer to the speaker and one or more other people.
- Weak- lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks.
- Wealth- an abundance of valuable possessions or money.
- Weapon- an instrument used to inflict damage or harm.
- Wear- to have on one’s body as clothing, decoration, or protection.
- Weary- feeling or showing tiredness.
- Weave- to form by interlacing long threads passing in one direction with others at a right angle to them.
- Web- a network of fine threads constructed by a spider.
- Wed- to get married.
- Wedge- a piece of hard material with two sloping sides meeting at an edge, used for splitting, lifting, or tightening.
- Weed- any undesirable or troublesome plant, especially one growing where it is not wanted.
- Week- a period of seven days.
- Weep- to shed tears.
- Weigh- to find out how heavy someone or something is.
- Welcome- to greet someone in a polite or friendly way.
- Welfare- the health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group.
- Well- in a good or satisfactory manner.
- West- the direction toward the point of the horizon where the sun sets.
- Wet- covered or saturated with water or another liquid.
- Whale- a very large marine mammal that breathes air through a blowhole on top of its head.
- What- asking for information specifying something.
- Wheat- a cereal plant that is the most important kind grown in temperate countries.
- Wheel- a circular object that revolves on an axle, typically part of a machine or vehicle.
- When- at what time.
- Whence- from what place or source.
- Where- in what place or position.
- Whet- to sharpen the blade of a tool or weapon.
- Whether- expressing a doubt or choice between alternatives.
- Which- asking for information specifying one or more people or things from a definite set.
- While- during the time that; at the same time as.
- Whim- a sudden desire or change of mind.
- Whine- a high-pitched, complaining noise.
- Whip- a strip of leather or length of cord fastened to a handle, used for flogging or beating.
- Whirl- to move or cause to move rapidly around and around.
- Whisk- to take or move something or someone in a particular direction suddenly and quickly.
- Whisper- to speak very softly using one’s breath without one’s vocal cords.
- Whistle- to make a clear musical sound by forcing air through pursed lips.
- White- of the color of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of most wavelengths of visible light.
- Whole- all of; entire.
- Whom- used instead of “who” as the object of a verb or preposition.
- Whose- belonging to or associated with which person.
- Why- for what reason or purpose.
- Wicked- morally wrong, evil.
- Wide- of great or more than average width.
- Wield- to hold and use (a weapon or tool).
- Wife- a married woman considered in relation to her spouse.
- Wild- living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.
- Will- expressing future tense; indicating desire, consent, or inclination.
- Wilt- (of a plant, leaf, or flower) to become limp through heat, loss of water, or disease; droop.
- Win- to achieve success in a competition or endeavor.
- Wind- natural movement of the air, especially a strong current of air.
- Window- an opening in the wall or roof of a building or vehicle, fitted with glass.
- Wine- an alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice.
- Wing- a modified limb for flying, as in birds, bats, or insects.
- Wink- to close and open one eye quickly, typically to indicate that something is a joke or secret.
- Winner- a person or thing that wins something.
- Winter- the coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring.
- Wire- metal drawn out into a thin flexible thread or rod.
- Wise- having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgment.
- Wish- to desire or hope for something to happen.
- Wisp- a small thin or twisted bunch, piece, or amount of something.
- Wit- mental sharpness and inventiveness; keen intelligence.
- With- accompanying; in the company of.
- Withdraw- to take back or away.
- Wither- to become dry and shriveled.
- Within- inside the confines or limits of.
- Without- in the absence of.
- Witness- a person who sees an event happen.
- Wok- a deep, round-bottomed cooking pan originating in China.
- Wolf- a wild carnivorous mammal that is the largest member of the dog family.
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