4-Letter Words Starting with W

All 172 four-letter words that start with W

WA

• waag8n. The grivet (an African monkey) - Chlorocebus aethiops.
• wabi9n. A quality of simple or solitary beauty, especially as expressed in...
• wack13adj. Annoyingly or disappointingly bad, in various senses; lousy, corny...
• wade8v. To walk through water or something that impedes progress.
• wadi8n. A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia...
• wado8interj. Thank you.
• waff13v. To bark; to woof.
• waft10v. To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
• wage8n. An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work...
• wago8n. A Japanese word of native Japanese origin, not a loanword from outside...
• waid8adj. Oppressed with weight; crushed; weighed down.
• waif10n. Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes...
• wail7v. To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
• wain7n. A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by...
• wair7n. A plank six feet long and one foot across.
• wait7v. To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain...
• waka11n. A kind of classical Japanese poem.
• wake11v. (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
• wald8v. To govern; inherit.
• wale7n. A ridge or low barrier.
• wali7n. A provincial governor in certain Muslim contexts.
• walk11v. To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group...
• wall7n. A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
• walt7v. To roll; tumble.
• waly10interj. An exclamation of grief.
• wame9n. The belly.
• wamp11n. The common American eider.
• wand8n. A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as...
• wane7n. A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
• wang8v. To batter; to clobber; to conk.
• want7v. To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to...
• wany10adj. Waning or diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout...
• wapp11n. A fairleader.
• waqf19n. An endowment of land given for religious or charitable purposes.
• ward8n. The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases...
• ware7n. Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
• warg8n. A type of particularly wild or hostile wolf.
• wark11n. Pain; ache.
• warm9adj. Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the...
• warn7v. To make (someone) aware of impending danger, evil, etc.
• warp9n. The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted...
• wart7n. A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human...
• wary10adj. Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception...
• wase7n. A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of...
• wash10v. To clean with water.
• wasm9n. A doctrine, ideology, rule, or theory that is no longer current or...
• wasp9n. Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.
• wass7n. Wanton disposition, unorderly state of mind or behaviour.
• wath10n. A ford.
• watt7n. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the...
• waul7v. To wail, to cry plaintively.
• wave10v. To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
• wavy13adj. Rising or swelling in waves.
• wawa10n. A snow goose.
• waxy17adj. Resembling wax in texture or appearance.
• ways10n. A distance.

WE

• weak11adj. Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
• weal7n. Welfare, prosperity.
• wean7v. To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile...
• wear7v. To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of...
• weck13n. Kummelweck bread.
• weed8n. Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is...
• week11n. Any period of seven consecutive days.
• weel7n. A trap for catching fish; a weely.
• weem9v. We are.
• ween7v. To expect, hope or wish.
• weep9v. To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or...
• weer7n. Someone who wees; a urinator.
• weet7v. To know.
• weft10n. The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven...
• weir7n. An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water...
• weka11n. Gallirallus australis, a flightless bird of New Zealand in the family...
• weld8n. A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and...
• welk11v. To soak, steep.
• well7adv. Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
• welp9interj. Well. Typically used to express exasperation, a matter-of-fact or...
• wels7n. Wels catfish (Silurus glanis).
• welt7n. A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow or insect bite.
• wend8v. To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some...
• went7n. A course; a way, a path; a journey.
• were7v. Simple subjunctive of be.
• wero7n. A traditional Māori challenge, performed to ensure that visitors come...
• west7n. The direction opposite to that of the earth's rotation, specifically...
• weta7n. Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and...

WH

• wham12n. A forceful blow.
• whap12n. A blow; a hit; a whop.
• what10det. Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
• whee10interj. An expression of pleasure or enjoyment, mostly from rapid physical...
• when10adv. At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used...
• whet10v. Of an animal such as a boar: to sharpen (its horns, teeth, tusks, etc.)...
• whew13interj. An expressive sound made indicating the release of one's inner tension...
• whey13n. The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the...
• whig11n. Buttermilk.
• whim12n. A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea.
• whin10n. Gorse; furze (Ulex spp.).
• whio10n. The blue duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos) of New Zealand.
• whip12n. A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane...
• whit10n. The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.
• whiz19v. To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object...
• whoa10interj. Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm...
• whom12pron. As the object of a verb.
• whoo10interj. An expression of joy and excitement.
• whop12v. To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact.
• whup12n. A whip.

WI

• wich12n. A wich town, particularly one of several former salt mining towns in...
• wick13n. A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally...
• wide8adj. Having a large physical extent from side to side.
• wido8adj. Aware of what is going on; fly, alert.
• wife10n. A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
• wigg9n. A kind of cake or bun made with seeds.
• wiki11n. A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a...
• wila7n. Bryoria fremontii, a dark-brown, hair-like lichen eaten by First...
• wild8adj. Especially, being of the wild type: being of an unbroken ancestral line...
• wile7n. A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly...
• will7v. Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of...
• wilt7v. To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
• wily10adj. Sly, cunning, full of tricks.
• wimp11v. To behave submissively.
• wind8n. Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by...
• wine7n. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV...
• wing8n. An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to...
• wink11v. To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually...
• wino7n. A wine enthusiast.
• winy10adj. Having the taste or qualities of wine.
• wipe9v. To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of...
• wire7n. Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn...
• wiry10adj. Resembling wire.
• wise7adj. Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
• wish10n. A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
• wisp9n. A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; a twisted handful...
• wiss7v. To know; to understand.
• wite7v. To regard (someone) as guilty; to accuse; to blame; to fault.
• with10prep. Against.
• wits7n. Senses.
• wive10v. To marry (a woman).

WO

• woad8n. The plant Isatis tinctoria.
• wode8adj. Mad, angry, crazy, insane, possessed, rabid, furious, frantic.
• woke11adj. Awake: conscious and not asleep.
• wold8n. An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.
• wolf10n. Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
• womb11n. In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow...
• wone7v. To live, reside, stay.
• wong8n. Low-lying land, usually marshy.
• wonk11n. A policy wonk or other intellectual expert.
• wont7adj. Accustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do...
• wood8n. The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a...
• woof10n. The set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed...
• wook11n. An unwashed, unemployed moocher who enjoys traveling to festivals and...
• wool7n. The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.
• woon7n. A Burmese governor or officer of administration.
• woop9interj. The sound of an alarm or siren.
• woos7n. A coward; a wuss.
• wops9n. Variant spelling of waps in the sense of wasp.
• word8n. The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be...
• work11n. Labour, occupation, job.
• worm9n. A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
• worn7adj. Damaged and shabby as a result of much use.
• wors7n. Boerewors.
• wort7n. Chiefly in the plural: a plant of the genus Brassica used as a...
• wove10adj. Made on a mould of closely woven wire.

WR

• wrap9v. To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such...
• wren7n. Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World...
• writ7n. A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop...

WU

• wudu8n. A ritual washing of the forearms, head, and feet, required after minor...
• wuff13n. A wolf.
• wuji14n. The primordial, infinite state of emptiness that existed before the...
• wuss7v. Only used in wuss out.

WY

• wych15n. A brine spring or well.
• wynd11n. A narrow lane, alley or path, especially one between houses.
• wynn10n. A letter of the Old English alphabet, ƿ, borrowed from the futhark and...
• wyrd11n. Fate, destiny, particularly in an Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse context.
• wyrm12n. A huge limbless and wingless dragon or dragonlike creature.

Questions about these words

How many four-letter words that start with W are there?

Word.ws lists 172 four-letter words that start with W, plus 22 rare ones.

What are common four-letter words that start with W?

with, will, what, when, were, want, well and work.

Which of the four-letter words that start with W has the highest letter score?

whiz scores 19 points with the standard letter tile values.

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