10-letter words starting with W
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter W. This section showcases how W at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with W, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| whispering | 19 | speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords | - |
| whatsoever | 19 | one or some or every or all without specification | no milk whatsoever is left |
| wheelchair | 21 | a movable chair mounted on large wheels; for invalids or those who cannot walk; frequently propelled by the occupant | - |
| wilderness | 14 | a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition | it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers |
| worthwhile | 22 | sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest | a worthwhile book |
| windshield | 18 | transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle | - |
| watermelon | 15 | an African melon | - |
| withdrawal | 20 | a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation | - |
| worshipped | 21 | regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god) | - |
| wellington | 14 | (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot | - |
| witchcraft | 23 | the art of sorcery | - |
| whorehouse | 19 | a building where prostitutes are available | - |
| wonderland | 15 | an imaginary realm of marvels or wonders | - |
| weatherman | 18 | predicts the weather | - |
| widespread | 17 | distributed over a considerable extent | widespread nuclear fallout |
| waterproof | 18 | not permitting the passage of water | - |
| wickedness | 20 | estrangement from god | - |
| winchester | 18 | a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire | - |
| warehouses | 16 | - | - |
| workaholic | 22 | person with a compulsive need to work | - |
| wealthiest | 16 | - | - |
| waterfront | 16 | the area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of water | - |
| windscreen | 16 | transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle | - |
| wavelength | 20 | a shared orientation leading to mutual understanding | they are on the same wavelength |
| wristwatch | 21 | a watch that is worn strapped to the wrist | - |
| wrongdoing | 16 | activity that transgresses moral or civil law | he denied any wrongdoing |
| woodpecker | 22 | bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects | - |
| windowsill | 17 | the sill of a window; the horizontal member at the bottom of the window frame | - |
| watertight | 17 | without flaws or loopholes | a watertight alibi |
| wintertime | 15 | the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox | - |
| weightless | 17 | having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light | floating freely in a weightless condition |
| waterworks | 20 | a public utility that provides water | - |
| watchtower | 21 | an observation tower for a lookout to watch over prisoners or watch for fires or enemies | - |
| wildebeest | 16 | large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail | - |
| wainwright | 20 | a wagon maker | - |
| watchmaker | 24 | someone who makes or repairs watches | - |
| worshipper | 20 | someone who admires too much to recognize faults | - |
| wholesaler | 16 | someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers | - |
| wrongfully | 20 | in an unjust or unfair manner | the employee claimed that she was wrongfully dismissed |
| wheatgrass | 17 | a grass of the genus Agropyron | - |
| womanizing | 25 | - | - |
| woodcutter | 16 | cuts down trees and chops wood as a job | - |
| wheelhouse | 19 | an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated | - |
| worshiping | 19 | - | - |
| wraparound | 16 | a garment (as a dress or coat) with a full length opening; adjusts to the body by wrapping around | - |
| wastepaper | 17 | - | - |
| wanderlust | 14 | very strong or irresistible impulse to travel | - |
| worthiness | 16 | the quality or state of having merit or value | - |
| wallflower | 19 | perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange; often naturalized on old walls or cliffs; sometimes placed in genus Erysimum | - |
| windowpane | 19 | a pane of glass in a window | - |
| wonderment | 16 | the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising | - |
| watercolor | 15 | a painting produced with watercolors | - |
| wondrously | 17 | (used as an intensifier) extremely well | the colors changed wondrously slowly |
| whomsoever | 21 | The objective of whosoever. | - |
| wellspring | 16 | an abundant source | - |
| watercress | 15 | of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green | - |
| wildflower | 20 | wild or uncultivated flowering plant | - |
| weathering | 17 | - | - |
| wunderkind | 19 | - | - |
| wastewater | 16 | water mixed with waste matter | - |
| wantonness | 13 | the quality of being lewd and lascivious | - |
| wiretapped | 18 | - | - |
| waterspout | 15 | a heavy rain | - |
| wastefully | 19 | to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree | - |
| whirlybird | 22 | an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades | - |
| workingman | 20 | an employee who performs manual or industrial labor | - |
| wretchedly | 22 | in a wretched manner | `I can't remember who I am,' I said, wretchedly |
| winemaking | 20 | the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine | - |
| watercraft | 18 | a craft designed for water transportation | - |
| whitewater | 19 | frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls | - |
| windowless | 17 | - | - |
| westerlies | 13 | - | - |
| worryingly | 20 | in a manner to cause worry | - |
| worshipful | 21 | showing adoration | - |
| winegrower | 17 | - | - |
| weedkiller | 18 | a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth | - |
| whereafter | 19 | - | - |
| wheatfield | 20 | a field planted with wheat | - |
| womanising | 16 | - | - |
| wabbliness | 17 | - | - |
| waferboard | 19 | - | - |
| woolgather | 17 | have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy | - |
| wifebeater | 18 | - | - |
| widowmaker | 23 | - | - |
| wavenumber | 20 | - | - |
| waterslide | 14 | - | - |
| washerless | 16 | - | - |
| watermills | 15 | - | - |
| wheelspins | 18 | - | - |
| wheezingly | 29 | with a wheeze | - |
| whipcracks | 26 | - | - |
| whiskerier | 20 | - | - |
| whisperier | 18 | - | - |
| whitelists | 16 | - | - |
| wikitorial | 17 | - | - |
| windowiest | 17 | - | - |
| windproofs | 19 | - | - |
| wheatgerms | 19 | - | - |
| welfarites | 16 | - | - |
| wavetables | 18 | - | - |
| weakenings | 18 | - | - |
| weaseliest | 13 | - | - |
| weasellier | 13 | - | - |
| webchatted | 21 | - | - |
| weblogging | 18 | - | - |
| weeviliest | 16 | - | - |
| weevillier | 16 | - | - |
| weightages | 18 | - | - |
| winningest | 14 | - | - |
| winterlier | 13 | - | - |
| writerlier | 13 | - | - |
| wireframes | 18 | - | - |
| wirelessly | 16 | - | - |
| wizardlier | 23 | - | - |
| woodsmokes | 20 | - | - |
| wordcounts | 16 | - | - |
| workstream | 19 | - | - |
| wormwheels | 21 | - | - |
| worsenings | 14 | - | - |
| writedowns | 17 | - | - |
| waterholes | 16 | - | - |
| waitpeople | 17 | - | - |
| wallpepper | 19 | - | - |
| wanwordier | 17 | - | - |
| wargamings | 17 | - | - |
| warrantize | 22 | - | - |
| watergates | 14 | - | - |
| wagonettes | 14 | - | - |
| waiterings | 14 | - | - |
| waitlisted | 14 | - | - |
| waitperson | 15 | - | - |
| waitressed | 14 | - | - |
| waitresses | 13 | - | - |
| waitstaffs | 19 | - | - |
| wakeboards | 20 | - | - |
| waldflutes | 17 | - | - |
| waiterhood | 17 | - | - |
| waiterages | 14 | - | - |
| wagonloads | 15 | - | - |
| wainscoted | 16 | fitted or decorated with panels or wainscoting | - |
| waistbands | 16 | - | - |
| waistbelts | 15 | - | - |
| waistcloth | 18 | a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers | - |
| waistcoats | 15 | - | - |
| waistlines | 13 | - | - |
| waldgraves | 18 | - | - |
| walkabouts | 19 | - | - |
| walkathons | 20 | - | - |
| wallydrags | 18 | - | - |
| walnutwood | 17 | - | - |
| wambengers | 18 | - | - |
| wambliness | 17 | - | - |
| wamblingly | 21 | - | - |
| wampishing | 21 | - | - |
| wampumpeag | 22 | small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency | - |
| wanchancie | 20 | - | - |
| wallyballs | 18 | - | - |
| wallposter | 15 | - | - |
| walkshorts | 20 | - | - |
| wallboards | 16 | - | - |
| wallcharts | 18 | - | - |
| wallfishes | 19 | - | - |
| wallopings | 16 | - | - |
| wallowings | 17 | - | - |
| wallpapers | 17 | - | - |
| wanderings | 15 | - | - |
| waghalters | 17 | - | - |
| wadsetters | 14 | - | - |
| wadsetting | 15 | - | - |
| wagenbooms | 18 | - | - |
| wageworker | 21 | - | - |
| wagglingly | 19 | - | - |
| waggonette | 15 | - | - |
| waggonless | 15 | - | - |
| waggonload | 16 | - | - |
| warrioress | 13 | - | - |
| wastelands | 14 | - | - |
| wasteweirs | 16 | - | - |
| wastnesses | 13 | - | - |
| watchables | 20 | - | - |
| watchbands | 21 | - | - |
| watchboxes | 27 | - | - |
| wassailing | 14 | - | - |
| washateria | 16 | - | - |
| washbasins | 18 | - | - |
| washboards | 19 | - | - |
| washcloths | 21 | - | - |
| washeteria | 16 | - | - |
| washhouses | 19 | - | - |
| washstands | 17 | - | - |
| wassailers | 13 | - | - |
| watchcases | 20 | - | - |
| watchcries | 20 | - | - |
| watchfully | 24 | in a watchful manner | - |
| waterbucks | 21 | - | - |
| waterbuses | 15 | - | - |
| waterdrive | 17 | - | - |
| waterfalls | 16 | - | - |
| waterflood | 17 | - | - |
| waterbrain | 15 | - | - |
| waterborne | 15 | supported by water | waterborne craft |
| watchglass | 19 | - | - |
| watchguard | 20 | - | - |
| watchlists | 18 | - | - |
| watchstrap | 20 | a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist | - |
| watchwords | 22 | - | - |
| waterbirds | 16 | - | - |
| waterfowls | 19 | - | - |
| warrantors | 13 | - | - |
| wapinschaw | 23 | - | - |
| wapinshaws | 21 | - | - |
| wappenshaw | 23 | - | - |
| warblingly | 19 | - | - |
| warbonnets | 15 | - | - |
| warchalker | 22 | - | - |
| wardenries | 14 | - | - |
| wardenship | 19 | the position of warden | - |
| wapentakes | 19 | - | - |
| wapenshaws | 21 | - | - |
| wanrestful | 16 | - | - |
| wanthriven | 19 | - | - |
| wantonised | 14 | - | - |
| wantonises | 13 | - | - |
| wantonized | 23 | - | - |
| wantonizes | 22 | - | - |
| wapenschaw | 23 | - | - |
| wardership | 19 | the position of warder | - |
| wardresses | 14 | - | - |
| wardrobers | 16 | - | - |
| warmongers | 16 | - | - |
| warrandice | 16 | - | - |
| warranding | 15 | - | - |
| warrantees | 13 | - | - |
| warranters | 13 | - | - |
| warrantied | 14 | - | - |
| warranties | 13 | - | - |
| warranting | 14 | - | - |
| warmnesses | 15 | - | - |
| warmbloods | 18 | - | - |
| wardrobing | 17 | - | - |
| warehoused | 17 | - | - |
| warehouser | 16 | a workman who manages or works in a warehouse | - |
| warfarings | 17 | - | - |
| waribashis | 18 | - | - |
| warinesses | 13 | - | - |
| warlordism | 16 | - | - |
| warrantise | 13 | - | - |
| wholewheat | 22 | - | - |
| widershins | 17 | - | - |
| widescreen | 16 | - | - |
| widowbirds | 20 | - | - |
| widowhoods | 21 | - | - |
| wieldiness | 14 | - | - |
| wifeliness | 16 | - | - |
| wigwaggers | 19 | - | - |
| widenesses | 14 | - | - |
| widebodies | 17 | - | - |
| whunstanes | 16 | - | - |
| whydunnits | 20 | - | - |
| wickerwork | 26 | work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches) | - |
| wickthings | 23 | - | - |
| wideawakes | 21 | - | - |
| wigwagging | 20 | - | - |
| wildcatted | 17 | - | - |
| wildcatter | 16 | an oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field | - |
| willingest | 14 | - | - |
| willowherb | 21 | a plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs | - |
| willowiest | 16 | - | - |
| willowlike | 20 | - | - |
| willowware | 19 | chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a willow tree and often a river | - |
| willpowers | 18 | - | - |
| winceyette | 18 | cotton flannelette with a nap on both sides | - |
| willemites | 15 | - | - |
| wilinesses | 13 | - | - |
| wilderment | 16 | - | - |
| wildfowler | 20 | - | - |
| wildgraves | 18 | - | - |
| wildnesses | 14 | - | - |
| wilfulness | 16 | the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline | - |
| wincopipes | 19 | - | - |
| wholesomer | 18 | - | - |
| whitecombs | 22 | - | - |
| whitedamps | 21 | - | - |
| whitefaces | 21 | - | - |
| whiteflies | 19 | - | - |
| whiteheads | 20 | - | - |
| whitenings | 17 | - | - |
| whitesmith | 21 | - | - |
| whitetails | 16 | - | - |
| whitecoats | 18 | - | - |
| whiteboard | 19 | - | - |
| whirreting | 17 | - | - |
| whiskified | 24 | - | - |
| whisperers | 18 | - | - |
| whistlings | 17 | - | - |
| whitebaits | 18 | - | - |
| whitebeams | 20 | - | - |
| whitebeard | 19 | - | - |
| whitethorn | 19 | thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America | - |
| whitewalls | 19 | - | - |
| whitewares | 19 | - | - |
| whizzingly | 38 | - | - |
| whodunitry | 20 | - | - |
| whodunnits | 17 | - | - |
| wholefoods | 20 | - | - |
| wholegrain | 17 | - | - |
| wholemeals | 18 | - | - |
| wholesaled | 17 | - | - |
| whizzbangs | 37 | - | - |
| whittlings | 17 | - | - |
| whitewings | 20 | - | - |
| whitewoods | 20 | - | - |
| whiteywood | 23 | - | - |
| whithering | 20 | - | - |
| whittawers | 19 | - | - |
| whitterick | 22 | - | - |
| whittering | 17 | - | - |
| wholesales | 16 | - | - |
| wireworker | 20 | - | - |
| wirinesses | 13 | - | - |
| wisecracks | 21 | - | - |
| wisenesses | 13 | - | - |
| witblitses | 15 | - | - |
| witchbroom | 22 | - | - |
| witcheries | 18 | - | - |
| wirewalker | 20 | - | - |
| wiretapper | 17 | someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire | - |
| wintriness | 13 | - | - |
| wiredrawer | 17 | - | - |
| wirehaired | 17 | - | - |
| wirelessed | 14 | - | - |
| wirelesses | 13 | - | - |
| wirephotos | 18 | - | - |
| wirepuller | 15 | - | - |
| witchgrass | 19 | European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed | - |
| witchhoods | 22 | - | - |
| witchingly | 22 | - | - |
| withywinds | 23 | - | - |
| witnessers | 13 | - | - |
| witnessing | 14 | - | - |
| witticisms | 17 | - | - |
| witwantons | 16 | - | - |
| wizardries | 23 | - | - |
| woadwaxens | 24 | - | - |
| wobbegongs | 19 | - | - |
| withstands | 17 | - | - |
| withholder | 20 | a person who refrains from granting | a withholder of payments |
| witchknots | 22 | - | - |
| witchweeds | 22 | - | - |
| witgatboom | 18 | - | - |
| withdrawer | 20 | a contestant who withdraws from competition | - |
| witherings | 17 | - | - |
| witherites | 16 | - | - |
| withholden | 20 | - | - |
| wobbliness | 17 | - | - |
| wintertide | 14 | - | - |
| windblasts | 16 | - | - |
| windlessly | 17 | - | - |
| windmilled | 17 | - | - |
| windowings | 18 | - | - |
| windrowers | 17 | - | - |
| windrowing | 18 | - | - |
| windlasses | 14 | - | - |
| windlassed | 15 | - | - |
| windbreaks | 20 | - | - |
| windburned | 17 | suffering from windburn | - |
| windchills | 19 | - | - |
| windfallen | 17 | - | - |
| windflower | 20 | any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves | - |
| windgalled | 16 | - | - |
| windhovers | 20 | - | - |
| windjammer | 25 | a large sailing ship | - |
| windshakes | 21 | - | - |
| winnowings | 17 | - | - |
| winterfeed | 17 | - | - |
| winteriest | 13 | - | - |
| winterised | 14 | - | - |
| winterises | 13 | - | - |
| winterized | 23 | - | - |
| winterizes | 22 | - | - |
| winterkill | 17 | - | - |
| wingspread | 17 | linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil | - |
| wingchairs | 19 | - | - |
| windstorms | 16 | - | - |
| windsucker | 20 | - | - |
| windsurfed | 18 | - | - |
| windsurfer | 17 | - | - |
| windthrows | 20 | - | - |
| winebibber | 19 | - | - |
| winemakers | 19 | - | - |
| winterless | 13 | - | - |
| whirlwinds | 20 | - | - |
| waymarking | 23 | - | - |
| weaponized | 25 | - | - |
| weaponizes | 24 | - | - |
| weaponless | 15 | without a weapon | - |
| weaponries | 15 | - | - |
| wearifully | 19 | - | - |
| wearyingly | 20 | - | - |
| weasellers | 13 | - | - |
| weaselling | 14 | - | - |
| weaponises | 15 | - | - |
| weaponised | 16 | - | - |
| waymenting | 19 | - | - |
| wayzgooses | 26 | - | - |
| weakfishes | 23 | - | - |
| weakliness | 17 | - | - |
| weaknesses | 17 | - | - |
| wealthless | 16 | - | - |
| weaponeers | 15 | - | - |
| weatherers | 16 | - | - |
| weatherise | 16 | - | - |
| weekenders | 18 | - | - |
| weekending | 19 | - | - |
| weeknights | 21 | - | - |
| weeldlesse | 14 | - | - |
| weighboard | 20 | - | - |
| weightiest | 17 | - | - |
| weightings | 18 | - | - |
| weedicides | 17 | - | - |
| weatherize | 25 | - | - |
| weathermen | 18 | - | - |
| weaverbird | 19 | finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests | - |
| webcasters | 17 | - | - |
| webcasting | 18 | - | - |
| webloggers | 17 | - | - |
| webmasters | 17 | - | - |
| weimaraner | 15 | large breed of hound having a smooth greyish coat; originated in Germany | - |
| wayfarings | 20 | - | - |
| waterquake | 26 | - | - |
| waterscape | 17 | a painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape) | - |
| watersheds | 17 | - | - |
| watersider | 14 | - | - |
| watersides | 14 | - | - |
| watersmeet | 15 | - | - |
| waterpoxes | 22 | - | - |
| waterglass | 14 | - | - |
| waterheads | 17 | - | - |
| wateriness | 13 | the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water | the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield |
| waterleafs | 16 | - | - |
| waterlines | 13 | - | - |
| watermarks | 19 | - | - |
| waterpower | 18 | the power to do work that is latent in a head of water | - |
| waterweeds | 17 | - | - |
| waterwheel | 19 | a wheel with buckets attached to its rim; raises water from a stream or pond | - |
| wavellites | 16 | - | - |
| wavemeters | 18 | - | - |
| waveringly | 20 | - | - |
| waveshapes | 21 | - | - |
| wavinesses | 16 | - | - |
| waxberries | 22 | - | - |
| waxflowers | 26 | - | - |
| waxinesses | 20 | - | - |
| wavelessly | 19 | - | - |
| waterzoois | 22 | - | - |
| wattlebark | 19 | - | - |
| wattlebird | 16 | - | - |
| wattlework | 20 | - | - |
| wattmeters | 15 | - | - |
| waulkmills | 19 | - | - |
| wavefronts | 19 | - | - |
| waveguides | 18 | - | - |
| waxworkers | 27 | - | - |
| wheeziness | 25 | presence of abnormal high-pitched sound heard with a stethoscope when an airway is blocked (as in asthma or chronic bronchitis) | - |
| whetstones | 16 | - | - |
| whewellite | 19 | - | - |
| whickering | 23 | - | - |
| whiddering | 19 | - | - |
| whifflings | 23 | - | - |
| whiggamore | 20 | - | - |
| whillywhas | 25 | - | - |
| whillywhaw | 28 | - | - |
| wherriting | 17 | - | - |
| wherreting | 17 | - | - |
| whensoever | 19 | - | - |
| whereabout | 18 | - | - |
| wherefores | 19 | - | - |
| wheresoeer | 16 | - | - |
| whereunder | 17 | - | - |
| whereuntil | 16 | - | - |
| wherewiths | 22 | - | - |
| whimperers | 20 | - | - |
| whimpering | 21 | - | - |
| whimsiness | 18 | - | - |
| whipstalls | 18 | - | - |
| whipstitch | 23 | a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally | - |
| whipstocks | 24 | - | - |
| whiptailed | 19 | - | - |
| whirlabout | 18 | - | - |
| whirlblast | 18 | - | - |
| whirligigs | 18 | - | - |
| whirlingly | 20 | - | - |
| whipstaffs | 24 | - | - |
| whipsnakes | 22 | - | - |
| whingdings | 19 | - | - |
| whingeings | 18 | - | - |
| whinstones | 16 | - | - |
| whiplashed | 22 | - | - |
| whiplashes | 21 | - | - |
| whippeting | 21 | - | - |
