7-Letter Words Starting with W

All 303 seven-letter words that start with W

WA

• wadding13n. Wads collectively.
• waffled17adj. Having a waffle-like pattern of intersecting creases.
• waffler16n. One who waffles, or changes sides or positions frequently.
• wafting14n. An instance of wafting; the action of something that wafts.
• wagashi14n. Traditional Japanese confectionery in various forms, often served with...
• wagging13n. The motion of something that is wagged.
• waggish15adj. Witty, jocular, like a wag.
• wagoner11n. Someone who drives a wagon.
• wagtail11n. Any of various small passerine birds, principally of genus Motacilla...
• waifish16adj. Waiflike.
• wailing11n. A loud drawn out scream or howl.
• wainman12n. A wagoner.
• waisted11adj. Having some specific type of waist.
• waiting11n. The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
• waivers13n. The state of being on the waiver wire.
• wakeful17adj. Awake; not sleeping.
• wakeman16n. A man employed to preside over a nightly curfew in the city of Ripon...
• walking15adj. Incarnate as a human; living.
• walkman16n. A portable personal audio cassette player with headphones.
• walkout14n. A sudden stoppage of work.
• walkway20n. A clearly defined path for pedestrians.
• wallaby15n. Any of several species of macropod marsupials; usually smaller and...
• wallahi13interj. I swear to God; used to add emphasis.
• walleye13n. One or a pair of sideways-looking misaligned eyes.
• walling11n. A group of walls.
• waltzer19n. One who dances the waltz.
• wangler11n. A person who wangles.
• wantage11n. Want; lack; deficiency.
• wanting11adj. That wants or desires.
• waratah13n. Any of several species of plants in the genus Telopea, native to...
• warband13n. A group of soldiers or other military personnel actively engaged in...
• warbird13n. A warplane.
• warbler12n. Any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family...
• warding12n. The act of one who wards.
• warfare13n. The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.
• warhead14n. The part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition...
• warlike14adj. Hostile and belligerent.
• warlock16n. A male magic-user; a male equivalent of a witch; a wizard.
• warlord11n. A military commander or bandit leader wielding civilian power in an...
• warming13n. A small rise in temperature.
• warmish15adj. Somewhat warm.
• warning11n. An instance of warning someone.
• warpage13n. The act or process of warping.
• warpath15n. The route taken by a party of Native Americans going on a warlike...
• warping13n. An action or motion that warps or twists.
• warrant10n. Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.
• warring11adj. Engaged in war; belligerent.
• warrior10n. A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a...
• warship15n. Any ship built or armed for naval combat.
• warthog14n. A wild pig of the genus Phacochoerus, native to Africa.
• wartime12n. A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.
• washbag16n. A small bag used to hold toiletries and personal washing items.
• washday17n. A day when laundry is washed.
• washery16n. The place in the above-ground part of a coal mine where coal is washed.
• washing14n. The action of the verb to wash.
• washlet13n. A bidet shower, bidet seat, or similar bathroom product meant to...
• washoku17n. Japanese cuisine, traditional Japanese food.
• washout13n. An act of washing or cleaning the inside of something.
• washtub15n. A tub used for washing clothes.
• waspish15adj. Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp.
• wassail10n. A toast to health, usually on a festive occasion.
• wastage11n. The amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by...
• wasting11adj. Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.
• wastrel10n. One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly.
• watched16adj. Monitored.
• watcher15n. Someone who observes something closely for professional reasons, such...
• watches15n. The species Sarracenia flava (so-called because its leaves look similar...
• watchet15n. A light blue colour.
• watered11adj. Supplied with water.
• waterer10n. One who waters plants.
• wattage11n. An amount or power (especially electric), expressed in watts, kilowatts...
• wattled11adj. Having a wattle.
• wavelet13n. A small wave; a ripple.
• waxwing21n. Any of several songbirds of the genus Bombycilla, having crested heads...
• waxwork24n. A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person.
• wayback21n. A very remote time or place.
• waybill15n. A document that lists the final destination (and other details) of each...
• waymark19n. A sign or symbol marked in a prominent position in an off-road location...
• wayside14n. The side of a road or path.
• wayward17adj. Given to a wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending...

WE

• wealthy16adj. Possessing financial wealth; rich.
• weaning11n. The (passive) process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on...
• wearily13adv. In a weary manner; feeling weary.
• wearing11adj. Intended to be worn.
• weather13n. The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place...
• weaving14n. The process of making woven material on a loom.
• webbing15n. A sturdy woven fabric.
• webcast14n. A video and/or audio broadcast transmitted via the Internet.
• webchat17n. A conversation that takes place, usually in text, over the World Wide...
• webhost15n. An Internet hosting service that hosts websites for clients.
• webinar12n. An interactive seminar conducted via Internet. Usually a live...
• weblink16n. A hyperlink on the World Wide Web.
• webmail14n. A service for sending, receiving, and/or storing email, usually on a...
• webshop17n. Synonym of webstore.
• webside13n. Only used in webside manner.
• webster12n. A weaver (originally, specifically female).
• webtoon12n. A kind of Korean comic that is published digitally for reading on a...
• webwork19n. A net or web; something structured or interlinked in a weblike manner.
• webworm17n. Any of various caterpillars, of diverse moth families, that spin a web...
• webzine21n. A magazine published on the World Wide Web.
• wedding13n. A marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a...
• wedging13n. The process of supporting or securing something with a wedge.
• wedlock17n. The state of being married.
• weeaboo12n. A person who is obsessively interested in anime, manga or Japanese...
• weeding12n. The removal of weeds; the process by which something is weeded.
• weedman13n. Male drug dealer; usually a cannabis dealer.
• weekday18n. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday or...
• weekend15n. The break in the working week, usually two days including the...
• weening11n. Presumption, imagination, supposition.
• weeping13n. Action of the verb to weep.
• weigher14n. One who or something that weighs.
• weights14n. Any collection of weighted objects, such as dumbbells or barbells, used...
• weighty17adj. Having a lot of weight; heavy.
• weirdly14adv. In a weird manner.
• welcher15n. One who welches (i.e. who fails to repay a debt).
• welcome14adj. Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted...
• welding12n. The joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying...
• welfare13n. Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.
• wellies10n. Wellington boots.
• welling11n. The act of something that wells, or issues forth like water.
• welting11n. The act of making reinforcing welts.
• wendigo12n. A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe...
• wending12n. Act of going, course.
• werecat12n. A shapeshifter who can change between cat and human form.
• werehog14n. A person who is transformed or can transform into a hog or a hoglike...
• werwolf16n. Dated spelling of werewolf.
• western10adj. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
• westing11n. A distance west of a datum line on a map or chart.
• wetland11n. Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and...
• wetlook14n. The look of someone with their body wet, especially seen as attractive...
• wetness10n. The condition of being wet.
• wetsuit10n. A close fitting, insulating garment usually made from neoprene or...
• wetting11n. The act of making something wet.
• wetware13n. The human brain or mind, likened to a computer part.

WH

• whacked20adj. Tired; fatigued.
• whacker19n. One who, or something which, whacks.
• whaling14n. The practice of hunting whales.
• whatevs16interj. Whatever.
• whatnot13n. A small unspecified object; bric-a-brac (in plural).
• whatsit13n. A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one...
• wheaten13adj. Of, pertaining to, or made from wheat.
• wheaton13n. A unit of influence equal to 500 thousand followers on the Twitter...
• wheedle14v. To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
• wheeled14adj. Having wheels; on wheels.
• wheeler13n. Someone who operates a wheel.
• wheelie13n. An action or stunt where a bicycle, motorcycle, or other vehicle is...
• wheezer22n. One who wheezes.
• whereas13conj. In contrast; whilst on the contrary; although.
• whereat13conj. At which, or toward which.
• whereby18adv. By which.
• wherein13adv. How, or in what way.
• whereof16conj. Of what.
• whereon13adv. On which, on what.
• whereto13adv. To what; to which place, whither?
• whether16conj. Introduces a simple indirect question (without a correlative).
• whetted14adj. Having undergone the process of whetting; sharpened or honed.
• whetten13v. To whet.
• whicker19n. The soft neigh made by a horse.
• whiffle19n. A short blow or gust.
• whimper17n. A low intermittent sob.
• whinger14n. One who whinges.
• whipped18adj. Of food: prepared by whipping or beating.
• whipper17n. A person or thing that whips.
• whippet17n. A dog of a certain breed, similar to a small greyhound, originating in...
• whipsaw18n. A rip saw often operated by two people.
• whisker17n. That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually...
• whiskey20n. A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or...
• whisper15n. The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of...
• whistle13n. A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by...
• whitely16adv. In a white manner.
• whiteys16n. Men's or boys’ traditionally white briefs.
• whither16adv. To what place; where.
• whities13n. Men's or boys’ traditionally white briefs.
• whiting14n. A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.
• whitish16adj. Somewhat white, pale or almost white.
• whitlow16n. Inflammation and/or infection in the cuticle and/or the nailbed of a...
• whitten13n. Any of several small trees having leaves that are white and downy...
• whittle13n. A knife; especially, a clasp-knife, pocket knife, or sheath knife.
• whizzer31n. A set of horizontal blades used to separate mineral particles.
• whoever16pron. Who ever: an emphatic form of who.
• whooped16adj. Flawless.
• whoopee15interj. A spontaneous expression of delight or joy.
• whooper15n. A person or animal that whoops.
• whoopsy18interj. Whoops; oops.
• whopper17n. Something remarkably large.
• whoring14n. Synonym of prostitution, having sex for money; (figurative) disgracing...
• whorled14adj. Formed from whorls; having whorls.
• whyever19adv. Why ever: an emphatic form of why.

WI

• wicking17n. The material of which wicks are made, especially a loosely braided or...
• wickiup18n. A domed hut, similar to a wigwam, used by some seminomadic Native...
• widener11n. Any device used to widen something; especially a drill designed to...
• wideout11n. A wide receiver.
• widowed15adj. Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or...
• widower14n. A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in...
• wielder11n. A person who wields something, especially power.
• wigging13n. The action of the verb wig (in various senses).
• wiggins12n. The creeps; a feeling of fear or anxiety.
• wiggler12n. The larva of a mosquito.
• wiggles12n. The tendency to squirm or be restless.
• wildcat13n. Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger...
• wilding12n. A wild apple or apple tree.
• wildish14adj. Somewhat wild.
• willful13adj. American standard spelling of wilful.
• willies10n. A feeling of nervousness or fear.
• willing11adj. Ready to do something, particularly something that requires change or...
• willowy16adj. Resembling a willow.
• wilting11n. A wilt, especially one that affects multiple plants.
• wincest12n. Incest, usually of two siblings.
• wincing13n. The act by which someone winces; a grimace.
• windage12n. Drag on the crankshaft caused by oil splashing out of the sump when...
• windbag14n. The lungs.
• winding12n. The act of winnowing (“subjecting food grain to a current of air to...
• windrow14n. A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field.
• winging12n. Synonym of wing foiling.
• winglet11n. A little wing.
• wingman13n. A pilot partner of another; a pilot who flies in the same wing or...
• wingnut11n. A deciduous tree of the genus Pterocarya native to Asia.
• wingtip13n. The extreme tip of the wing of an aircraft, bird, flying insect, etc.
• winkers14n. Blocked leather eye shields attached to a (usually) harness bridle for...
• winking15n. The act of someone who winks.
• winkler14n. One who finds and sells winkles.
• winless10adj. Having never won; without a win; unsuccessful.
• winnard11n. The redwing.
• winning11adj. That constitutes a win.
• winrate10n. The proportion of games played that are won by a given player.
• winsome12adj. Charming, engaging, winning; inspiring approval and trust, especially...
• winters10adv. In the winter.
• wipeout12n. The act of colliding or crashing.
• wireman12n. Someone who works with wire; primarily someone who connects electric...
• wiretap12n. A connection installed on a telephone line or other communications...
• wiseass10n. One who makes wisecracks, particularly in a sassy or cocky fashion.
• wishful16adj. Expressing a wish or longing for something.
• wistful13adj. Full of longing or yearning.
• witbier12n. A top-fermented barley/wheat beer brewed mainly in Belgium and the...
• witcher15n. A dowser.
• withers13n. The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the...
• without13adv. Lacking something; failing.
• witless10adj. Lacking wit or understanding; foolish.
• witness10n. Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
• wittily13adv. In a witty manner; using wit.
• witting11adj. Aware, knowledgeable.
• wizened20adj. Withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.

WO

• wobbler14n. One who or that which wobbles.
• wobbles14n. Unsteadiness on one's feet, wheels, etc.
• wolfing14n. The hunting of wolves for their skins.
• wolfish16adj. Of, like, or pertaining to a wolf.
• wolfman15n. A male werewolf or lycanthrope.
• wolfram15n. Wolframite.
• womanly15adj. Considered typical of, stereotypical of, or appropriate to women...
• wonkish17adj. Nerdy; bookish; having the qualities of a wonk.
• woodcut13n. An engraved block of wood, especially one used as a printing form.
• woodman13n. Someone who cuts down trees or cuts up, splits, and sells wood.
• woodrat11n. A packrat (kind of rodent).
• woodway17n. A road or path through the forest.
• woofing14n. Act of one who woofs; barking.
• woolens10n. Woolen clothes collectively.
• woolies10n. A type of chaps.
• woolman12n. A man who deals in wool.
• woolsey13n. A material made of cotton and wool.
• woomera12n. A traditional spearthrower, consisting of a stick with a hooked end...
• wordage12n. Words collectively, considered in a mass sense.
• wording12n. A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given...
• wordnet11n. A semantically structured lexical database.
• workbox23n. A toolbox; a container for the items needed to carry out a task.
• workday18n. Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek.
• working15n. Operation; action.
• workman16n. A man who labours for wages.
• workout14n. An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
• workshy20adj. Disinclined to work; lazy.
• worktop16n. A surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers that can be used to...
• worlder11n. One who supports a certain idea of the world.
• worldie11n. Anything particularly excellent of its kind; especially a goal in...
• worldly14adj. Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to...
• worming13n. The act by which an animal is wormed.
• worried11adj. Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might...
• worrier10n. A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily.
• worship15n. The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
• worsted11n. Yarn made from long strands of wool.
• worthen13v. To give worth to; value; make or become worth or worthy; appraise.
• wounded12adj. Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle from a...
• wounder11n. One who wounds.
• wowsers13interj. Synonym of wow.

WR

• wrangle11v. To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending.
• wrapped15adj. Encased in a wrapping.
• wrapper14n. Something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or...
• wrassle10v. To gather with effort.
• wreathe13v. To coil, curl, or twist (something); to shape (something) into circles...
• wrecked17adj. Destroyed, usually in an accident; damaged to the point of unusability.
• wrecker16n. A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other...
• wrestle10v. To take part in (a wrestling bout or match).
• wriggle12v. To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.
• wriggly15adj. That wriggles.
• wringer11n. One who wrings.
• wrinkle14n. A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
• wrinkly17adj. Having wrinkles.
• wristed11adj. Having some specific type of wrist.
• wrister10n. A wrist shot, a shot made primarily with a wrist motion.
• writing11n. Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
• written10adj. Of, relating, or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has...
• wronger11n. One who wrongs someone.
• wrongly14adv. In violation of a moral or other standard, code, or convention; in an...
• wrought14adj. Having been worked or prepared somehow.
• wryneck19n. Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of...

Questions about these words

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

Word.ws lists 303 seven-letter words that start with W, plus 487 rare ones.

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

without, working, whether, written, writing, waiting, western and welcome.

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

whizzer scores 31 points with the standard letter tile values.

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