Words That Start With

W

English words beginning with “W” — sorted by frequency

✦193 words found

🟩30 Wordle words

🟩 5-Letter Words Starting With W

30 Wordle words

These are valid 5-letter words — exactly the format Wordle uses every day.

WRATH WINCE WAVER WRING WAIVE WIGHT WREST WALTZ WRYLY WACKY WITCH WITTY WATCH WATER WRONG WISPY WRECK WIRED WRILY WRICK WRACK WINCH WIELD WREAK WROTH WANLY WIZEN WANED WINNE WAKEN

🎯 4-Letter Words Starting With W

36 words

Useful for Scrabble, crossword fill-ins, and short word puzzles.

WARD WAIL WILD WARM WAFT WARY WANT WISP WRAP WILY WISH WAVE WANE WILL WISE WARG WICK WAIF WARP WAKE WILE WARE WIND WIPE WIRY WING WAIT WANK WILN WALL WRIT WIMP WRAY WIDE WINK WILT

All Words Starting With W

193 words — most common first

Sorted by how frequently each word appears in written English.

Word	Letters	Syllables	Type	Definition
wistful	7	2		Full of longing or yearning.
wry	3	1	verb	Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.
ward	4	1	noun	Protection, defence.
wanton	6	2	noun	Lewd, immoral; sexually open, unchaste.
wail	4	1	noun	(intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
wretched	8	2		Characterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very miserable.
wild	4	1	noun	Untamed; not domesticated.
wraith	6	1	noun	A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death.
wicked	6	2		Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.
wrath	5	1	noun	(uncountable, formal) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
wince	5	1	verb	(intransitive) To flinch as if in pain or distress.
waver	5	2	verb	(intransitive) (figurative) To feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices; to vacillate.
warm	4	1	verb	Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
withal	6	2	noun	The means; the wherewithal.
wriggle	7	2	verb	(intransitive) To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.
winsome	7	2		Charming, engaging, winning; inspiring approval and trust, especially if in an innocent manner.
waft	4	1	verb	(ergative) To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
wring	5	1	verb	(transitive) Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.
wary	4	2	verb	Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent
wan	3	1	noun	Pale, sickly-looking.
withdraw	8	2	verb	(transitive) To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
wistfulness	11	3	noun	The state or characteristic of being wistful.
want	4	1	verb	(transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
wisp	4	1	noun	A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
wallow	6	2	verb	To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.
warder	6	2	noun	A guard, especially in a prison.
witless	7	2		Lacking wit or understanding; foolish.
wayfarer	8	3	noun	A traveller, especially one on foot.
waive	5	1	verb	(transitive, law) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
wrap	4	1	noun	(transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
wrench	6	1	noun	A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
wily	4	2		Sly, cunning, full of tricks.
wanker	6	2	noun	(derogatory) A term of abuse.
wisdom	6	2	noun	(uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
wish	4	1	verb	A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
wistfully	9	3		In a wistful manner.
wave	4	1	noun	(intransitive) To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
wight	5	1	noun	(archaic) A living creature, especially a human being.
wane	4	1	verb	(intransitive) To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
warden	6	2	noun	A chief administrative officer of a prison.
will	4	1	noun	(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
wit	3	1	noun	Humour, especially when clever or quick.
warble	6	2	noun	(transitive) To sing like a bird, especially with trills.
wrest	5	1	verb	(transitive) To pull or twist violently.
writhe	6	1	verb	(intransitive) To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted.
waning	6	2	noun	Becoming weaker or smaller.
writhing	8	2	noun	A twisting struggle.
wise	4	1	noun	Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
waltz	5	1	noun	A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.
winding	7	2	noun	gerund of wind
warmth	6	1	noun	A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm.
wizard	6	2	noun	Someone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.
wander	6	2	verb	(intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
wrangle	7	2	noun	(transitive) To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending.
wrought	7	1		Having been worked or prepared somehow.
warily	6	3		In a careful and guarded manner, especially to avoid potential danger or harm.
warg	4	1	noun	(fantasy, mythology) A type of particularly wild or hostile wolf.
warlock	7	2	noun	A male magic-user; a male witch; a wizard.
wallop	6	2	noun	A heavy blow, punch.
withdrawn	9	2		(psychology) Introverted; not inclined to interact with other people.
wilful	6	2		Intentional; deliberate.
wariness	8	3	noun	vigilance or the condition of being alert
wryly	5	2		In a wry or sarcastic manner; ironically.
wick	4	1	noun	(countable) A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.
waif	4	1	noun	(figuratively) A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast.
wacky	5	2	noun	(slang, informal) Zany; eccentric.
wangle	6	2	verb	(transitive) To obtain through deceitful or manipulative methods.
wamble	6	2	noun	(dialect) A rumble of the stomach.
wavering	8	3		Being in doubt; indecisive.
warp	4	1	noun	(uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally:
witch	5	1	noun	A person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events.
winnow	6	2	verb	(transitive, agriculture, literal) To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
witty	5	2	noun	Clever; amusingly ingenious.
wanting	7	2	noun	That wants or desires.
warbling	8	3	noun	A sound that warbles.
wareless	8	2		(obsolete) Unwary, incautious.
wake	4	1	noun	(intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
watch	5	1	verb	A portable or wearable timepiece.
wilderness	10	3	noun	(uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.
warped	6	1		Distorted by warping; twisted out of shape
wailing	7	2	noun	A loud drawn out scream or howl.
witnessed	9	2	verb	(transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.
water	5	2	noun	A barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines (unconfirmed).
warrant	7	2	noun	(law, countable) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.
wrong	5	1	noun	Incorrect or untrue.
wrestle	7	2	verb	(intransitive) To grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat.
wile	4	1	noun	(transitive) To entice or lure.
wispy	5	2		Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle.
wandered	8	2	verb	(intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
ware	4	1	noun	(uncountable, usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
wreck	5	1	noun	(transitive) To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.
wired	5	2		Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.
withstand	9	2	verb	(transitive) To resist or endure (something) successfully.
willingness	11	3	noun	The state of being willing
wintry	6	2		Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.
wantonness	10	3	noun	(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.
wafture	7	2	noun	(archaic) Something that is wafted, such as a smell or sound.
wailed	6	1	verb	(intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
wistless	8	2		(obsolete) Unknowing; unaware.
witness	7	2	noun	(countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
wind	4	1	noun	(countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
wipe	4	1	verb	(transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
willful	7	2		American standard spelling of wilful.
wiry	4	2		Thin, muscular and flexible.
within	6	2		In or into the interior; inside.
waistcoat	9	2	noun	(chiefly British) A sleeveless, collarless garment worn over a shirt and under a suit jacket.
wayward	7	2		Given to wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray.
wildcat	7	2	noun	A cat that lives in the wilderness, specifically:
withering	9	3	noun	Diminishing rapidly.
wreathe	7	1	verb	(also figurative) Senses relating to intertwining or twisting.
waterlogged	11	3		Soaked with water.
willowy	7	3		(of a person) Tall, slender and graceful.
wrapped	7	1	noun	Encased in a wrapping.
warranted	9	3		Deserved, necessary, appropriate.
wretchedness	12	3	noun	An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
warbled	7	2	verb	(transitive) To sing like a bird, especially with trills.
wrily	5	2		(less common) Alternative form of wryly. [In a wry or sarcastic manner; ironically.]
wing	4	1	noun	(zootomy) An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
wait	4	1	verb	(intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
wither	6	2	verb	(intransitive) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.