7-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| without | 13 | Unless; except; -- introducing a clause. | - |
| working | 15 | actively engaged in paid work | the working population |
| waiting | 11 | being and remaining ready and available for use | waiting cars and limousines lined the curb |
| welcome | 14 | bid welcome to; greet upon arrival | - |
| wedding | 13 | the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed | - |
| worried | 11 | afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief | worried parents |
| whether | 16 | - | - |
| wearing | 11 | the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment | - |
| walking | 15 | the act of traveling by foot | walking is a healthy form of exercise |
| writing | 11 | the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect) | the writing in her novels is excellent |
| written | 10 | written as for a film or play or broadcast | - |
| weekend | 15 | a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday | - |
| willing | 11 | not brought about by coercion or force | - |
| whoever | 16 | Whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one who. | he shall be punished, whoever he may be |
| weather | 13 | face and withstand with courage | - |
| witness | 10 | (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature | - |
| warning | 11 | cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness) | the warning was to beware of surprises |
| winning | 11 | very attractive; capturing interest | a winning personality |
| william | 12 | - | - |
| windows | 14 | (trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface | - |
| wasting | 11 | a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse | - |
| wanting | 11 | nonexistent | - |
| warrior | 10 | someone engaged in or experienced in warfare | - |
| wounded | 12 | people who are wounded | they had to leave the wounded where they fell |
| western | 10 | of wind; from the west | - |
| whistle | 13 | an inexpensive fipple flute | - |
| warrant | 10 | stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of | The dealer warrants all the cars he sells |
| washing | 14 | garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering | - |
| warming | 13 | warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt | - |
| whiskey | 20 | a liquor made from fermented mash of grain | - |
| wrapped | 15 | giving or marked by complete attention to | enwrapped in dreams |
| worship | 15 | a feeling of profound love and admiration | - |
| website | 12 | a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web | - |
| wealthy | 16 | having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value | wealthy corporations |
| whining | 14 | - | - |
| welfare | 13 | a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | - |
| whisper | 15 | speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords | - |
| wailing | 11 | vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression | wailing mourners |
| whereas | 13 | At which place; where. | - |
| wishing | 14 | a specific feeling of desire | he was above all wishing and desire |
| wrecked | 17 | destroyed in an accident | a wrecked ship |
| weeping | 13 | showing sorrow | - |
| wheeler | 13 | a draft horse harnessed behind others and nearest the wheels of a vehicle | - |
| warfare | 13 | the waging of armed conflict against an enemy | - |
| whacked | 20 | (British informal) exhausted or worn out | - |
| wrestle | 10 | to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) | - |
| winters | 10 | - | - |
| winding | 12 | of a path e.g. | a winding country road |
| workout | 14 | the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit | - |
| whatnot | 13 | miscellaneous curios | - |
| wannabe | 12 | an ambitious and aspiring young person | the audience was full of Madonna wannabes |
| webster | 12 | United States politician and orator (1782-1817) | - |
| worldly | 14 | characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world | worldly goods and advancement |
| wrongly | 14 | in an inaccurate manner | - |
| widower | 14 | a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried | - |
| whoring | 14 | - | - |
| wrinkle | 14 | gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker | - |
| walkout | 14 | a strike in which the workers walk out | - |
| wartime | 12 | a period of time during which there is armed conflict | - |
| weaving | 14 | creating fabric | - |
| watered | 11 | (of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern | - |
| wrapper | 14 | a loose dressing gown for women | - |
| wagging | 13 | - | - |
| widowed | 15 | single because of death of the spouse | - |
| wetting | 11 | a euphemism for urination | - |
| wayward | 17 | resistant to guidance or discipline | wayward behavior |
| warhead | 14 | the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents | - |
| weirdos | 11 | - | - |
| whopper | 17 | something especially big or impressive of its kind | - |
| whaling | 14 | - | - |
| wishful | 16 | having or expressing desire for something | - |
| welding | 12 | fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure | - |
| wildcat | 13 | a cruelly rapacious person | - |
| watcher | 15 | a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) | sky watchers discovered a new star |
| whoopee | 15 | noisy and boisterous revelry | - |
| wherein | 13 | - | - |
| whiting | 14 | a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus | - |
| workman | 16 | an employee who performs manual or industrial labor | - |
| warlock | 16 | a male witch or demon | - |
| wingman | 13 | the pilot who positions his aircraft outside and behind (on the wing of) the leader of a flying formation | - |
| warlord | 11 | supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region especially one accountable to nobody when the central government is weak | - |
| whereby | 18 | - | - |
| wrinkly | 17 | marked by wrinkles | - |
| wheeled | 14 | having wheels; often used in combination | - |
| wedlock | 17 | the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) | - |
| wallaby | 15 | any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored | - |
| willies | 10 | feelings of uneasiness | that guy gave me the willies |
| wastrel | 10 | someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently | - |
| woodman | 13 | makes things out of wood | - |
| warring | 11 | engaged in war | belligerent (or warring) nations |
| willful | 13 | done by design | willful disobedience |
| wriggle | 12 | the act of wiggling | - |
| winking | 15 | closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly | - |
| winkler | 14 | - | - |
| wrecker | 16 | someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks | - |
| wrought | 14 | shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort) | the wrought silver bracelet |
| warship | 15 | a government ship that is available for waging war | - |
| whither | 16 | - | - |
| whimper | 17 | cry weakly or softly | - |
| wetback | 18 | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent | - |
| weirdly | 14 | in a weird manner | she was dressed weirdly |
| weekday | 18 | any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday) | - |
| withers | 13 | the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals | - |
| windbag | 14 | a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics | - |
| wrangle | 11 | to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively | The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street |
| warpath | 15 | a course leading to warfare or battle | - |
| walkway | 20 | a path set aside for walking | - |
| womanly | 15 | befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman | womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion |
| wayside | 14 | edge of a way or road or path | flowers along the wayside |
| washout | 13 | the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway) | from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water |
| warthog | 14 | African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks | - |
| whisker | 17 | a very small distance or space | they lost the election by a whisker |
| wipeout | 12 | an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something | - |
| wistful | 13 | showing pensive sadness | the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty |
| witless | 10 | (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment | - |
| wouldst | 11 | - | - |
| waiving | 14 | - | - |
| wiretap | 12 | tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | - |
| warlike | 14 | disposed to warfare or hard-line policies | warlike policies |
| wording | 12 | the manner in which something is expressed in words | - |
| whittle | 13 | cut small bits or pare shavings from | whittle a piece of wood |
| warbler | 12 | a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song | - |
| wreaths | 13 | - | - |
| whereon | 13 | - | - |
| wilting | 11 | causing to become limp or drooping | - |
| weighty | 17 | excessively fat | a weighty man |
| wheelie | 13 | - | - |
| whacker | 19 | something especially big or impressive of its kind | - |
| waylaid | 14 | - | - |
| wringer | 11 | a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed | - |
| waisted | 11 | - | - |
| whipper | 17 | a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip | - |
| whereof | 16 | - | - |
| wilding | 12 | an outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women | - |
| worrier | 10 | thinks about unfortunate things that might happen | - |
| wetness | 10 | the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water) | he confirmed the wetness of the swimming trunks |
| workday | 18 | a day on which work is done | - |
| warping | 13 | a moral or mental distortion | - |
| woollen | 10 | a fabric made from the hair of sheep | - |
| worsted | 11 | a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool | - |
| wadding | 13 | any material used especially to protect something | - |
| whiling | 14 | - | - |
| wearied | 11 | exhausted | - |
| webbing | 15 | a narrow closely woven tape; used in upholstery or for seat belts | - |
| wetland | 11 | a low area where the land is saturated with water | - |
| weaning | 11 | the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal | - |
| wattage | 11 | the product of voltage and current | - |
| wastage | 11 | anything lost by wear or waste | - |
| wizened | 20 | lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness | a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair |
| wincing | 13 | - | - |
| wettest | 10 | - | - |
| wharves | 16 | - | - |
| whereto | 13 | - | - |
| washtub | 15 | a tub in which clothes or linens can be washed | - |
| wearily | 13 | in a weary manner | - |
| wolfram | 15 | a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite | - |
| winsome | 12 | charming in a childlike or naive way | - |
| wielder | 11 | - | - |
| whippet | 17 | small slender dog of greyhound type developed in England | - |
| wheezer | 22 | - | - |
| wedging | 13 | - | - |
| webpage | 15 | a document connected to the World Wide Web and viewable by anyone connected to the internet who has a web browser | - |
| wigging | 13 | British slang for a scolding | - |
| whitely | 16 | - | - |
| writhed | 14 | twisted (especially as in pain or struggle) | writhed lips |
| wakeful | 17 | carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger | - |
| wavelet | 13 | a small wave on the surface of a liquid | - |
| whorish | 16 | - | - |
| winglet | 11 | - | - |
| willowy | 16 | slender and graceful | - |
| wronger | 11 | - | - |
| walleye | 13 | pike-like freshwater perches | - |
| whipsaw | 18 | a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people | - |
| wheedle | 14 | influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | - |
| whetted | 14 | - | - |
| withing | 14 | - | - |
| wobbler | 14 | something that wobbles | - |
| whooper | 15 | rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call | - |
| wagtail | 11 | Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks | - |
| wapping | 15 | - | - |
| wackier | 16 | - | - |
| welcher | 15 | someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager | - |
| wellies | 10 | - | - |
| wassail | 10 | celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities | - |
| wittier | 10 | - | - |
| worktop | 16 | - | - |
| wiggler | 12 | larva of a mosquito | - |
| windage | 12 | the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind | - |
| wriggly | 15 | moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion | - |
| wakames | 16 | - | - |
| waliest | 10 | - | - |
| walises | 10 | - | - |
| walkers | 14 | - | - |
| walkups | 16 | - | - |
| wallaba | 12 | - | - |
| waldoes | 11 | - | - |
| wakings | 15 | - | - |
| wakanda | 15 | - | - |
| wakanes | 14 | - | - |
| wakeman | 16 | - | - |
| wakemen | 16 | - | - |
| wakened | 15 | - | - |
| wakener | 14 | - | - |
| wakikis | 18 | - | - |
| wallahs | 13 | - | - |
| wallers | 10 | - | - |
| waltzer | 19 | a dancer who waltzes | - |
| waltzes | 19 | - | - |
| wambled | 15 | - | - |
| wambles | 14 | - | - |
| wamefou | 15 | - | - |
| wameful | 15 | - | - |
| wammuls | 14 | - | - |
| wampees | 14 | - | - |
| waltzed | 20 | - | - |
| waltier | 10 | - | - |
| wallets | 10 | - | - |
| wallier | 10 | - | - |
| wallies | 10 | - | - |
| walling | 11 | - | - |
| wallops | 12 | - | - |
| wallows | 13 | - | - |
| walnuts | 10 | - | - |
| wampish | 17 | - | - |
| waiwode | 14 | - | - |
| waffing | 17 | - | - |
| waggery | 15 | waggish behavior | - |
| waggish | 15 | witty or joking | Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer |
| waggled | 13 | - | - |
| waggler | 12 | - | - |
| waggles | 12 | - | - |
| waggons | 12 | - | - |
| wagoned | 12 | - | - |
| waggers | 12 | - | - |
| wagerer | 11 | someone who bets | - |
| waffled | 17 | - | - |
| waffler | 16 | someone who speaks or writes in a vague and evasive manner | - |
| waffles | 16 | - | - |
| waftage | 14 | - | - |
| wafters | 13 | - | - |
| wafting | 14 | - | - |
| wafture | 13 | the act of signaling by a movement of the hand | - |
| wagered | 12 | - | - |
| wagoner | 11 | the driver of a wagon | - |
| wagsome | 13 | - | - |
| wairuas | 10 | - | - |
| waister | 10 | - | - |
| waiters | 10 | - | - |
| waitron | 10 | - | - |
| waivers | 13 | - | - |
| wairing | 11 | - | - |
| waining | 11 | - | - |
| wahines | 13 | - | - |
| waiatas | 10 | - | - |
| waifing | 14 | - | - |
| waifish | 16 | - | - |
| wailers | 10 | - | - |
| wailful | 13 | vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression | wailful bagpipes |
| wainage | 11 | - | - |
| waivode | 14 | - | - |
| warding | 12 | - | - |
| warling | 11 | - | - |
| warmers | 12 | - | - |
| warmest | 12 | - | - |
| warmish | 15 | - | - |
| warmths | 15 | - | - |
| warless | 10 | - | - |
| wardogs | 12 | - | - |
| wardrop | 13 | - | - |
| warehou | 13 | - | - |
| wariest | 10 | - | - |
| warison | 10 | - | - |
| warking | 15 | - | - |
| warmups | 14 | - | - |
| warners | 10 | - | - |
| warsaws | 13 | - | - |
| warsled | 11 | - | - |
| warsler | 10 | - | - |
| warsles | 10 | - | - |
| warstle | 10 | - | - |
| warreys | 13 | - | - |
| warrens | 10 | - | - |
| warpage | 13 | - | - |
| warpers | 12 | - | - |
| warrand | 11 | - | - |
| warrans | 10 | - | - |
| warrays | 13 | - | - |
| wardian | 11 | - | - |
| wampums | 16 | - | - |
| wanigan | 11 | - | - |
| wanings | 11 | - | - |
| wanions | 10 | - | - |
| wankers | 14 | - | - |
| wankier | 14 | - | - |
| wanking | 15 | - | - |
| wanksta | 14 | - | - |
| waniest | 10 | - | - |
| wanhope | 15 | - | - |
| wamuses | 12 | - | - |
| wanders | 11 | - | - |
| wandoos | 11 | - | - |
| wangans | 11 | - | - |
| wangled | 12 | - | - |
| wangler | 11 | a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods | - |
| wangles | 11 | - | - |
| wanguns | 11 | - | - |
| wanness | 10 | unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | - |
| wannest | 10 | - | - |
| wanning | 11 | - | - |
| waragis | 11 | - | - |
| waratah | 13 | straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes | - |
| warbier | 12 | - | - |
| warbled | 13 | - | - |
| warbles | 12 | - | - |
| wardens | 11 | - | - |
| wappers | 14 | - | - |
| wappend | 15 | - | - |
| wannish | 13 | - | - |
| wantage | 11 | - | - |
| wanters | 10 | - | - |
| wanties | 10 | - | - |
| wantons | 10 | - | - |
| wanzing | 20 | - | - |
| wapitis | 12 | - | - |
| warders | 11 | - | - |
| waffies | 16 | - | - |
| wabains | 12 | - | - |
| wabbled | 15 | - | - |
| wabbler | 14 | - | - |
| wabbles | 14 | - | - |
| wabooms | 14 | - | - |
| wabster | 12 | - | - |
| wackers | 16 | - | - |
| wackest | 16 | - | - |
| wackily | 19 | in a mildly insane manner | - |
| wadable | 13 | - | - |
| wadmels | 13 | - | - |
| wadmoll | 13 | - | - |
| wadmols | 13 | - | - |
| wadsets | 11 | - | - |
| wadsett | 11 | - | - |
| waeness | 10 | - | - |
| waesome | 12 | - | - |
| waesuck | 16 | - | - |
| wadmals | 13 | - | - |
| wadmaal | 13 | - | - |
| wadders | 12 | - | - |
| waddied | 13 | - | - |
| waddies | 12 | - | - |
| waddled | 13 | - | - |
| waddler | 12 | someone who walks with a waddling gait | fat waddlers who walk like pigeons |
| waddles | 12 | - | - |
| wadings | 12 | - | - |
| wafered | 14 | - | - |
| wessand | 11 | - | - |
| wetters | 10 | - | - |
| wetties | 10 | - | - |
| wettish | 13 | - | - |
| wetware | 13 | - | - |
| weyward | 17 | - | - |
| wezands | 20 | - | - |
| wetsuit | 10 | - | - |
| westers | 10 | - | - |
| westies | 10 | - | - |
| westing | 11 | - | - |
| westlin | 10 | - | - |
| wethers | 13 | - | - |
| whackos | 19 | - | - |
| whanged | 15 | - | - |
| whangee | 14 | - | - |
| whapped | 18 | - | - |
| whapper | 17 | - | - |
| wharfed | 17 | - | - |
| wharfie | 16 | - | - |
| whangam | 16 | - | - |
| whanaus | 13 | - | - |
| whaisle | 13 | - | - |
| whaizle | 22 | - | - |
| whalers | 13 | - | - |
| whalery | 16 | - | - |
| whammed | 18 | - | - |
| whammos | 17 | - | - |
| whample | 17 | - | - |
| whatsis | 13 | something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | - |
| weskits | 14 | - | - |
| welched | 16 | - | - |
| welches | 15 | - | - |
| welders | 11 | - | - |
| weldors | 11 | - | - |
| welaway | 16 | - | - |
| weizing | 20 | - | - |
| weiners | 10 | - | - |
| weirded | 12 | - | - |
| weirder | 11 | - | - |
| weirdie | 11 | someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric | - |
| weiring | 11 | - | - |
| weising | 11 | - | - |
| welking | 15 | - | - |
| welkins | 14 | - | - |
| wending | 12 | - | - |
| wennier | 10 | - | - |
| wennish | 13 | - | - |
| wergeld | 12 | - | - |
| wergelt | 11 | - | - |
| wergild | 12 | - | - |
| wersher | 13 | - | - |
| werwolf | 16 | - | - |
| wendigo | 12 | - | - |
| wenches | 15 | - | - |
| welling | 11 | - | - |
| welshed | 14 | - | - |
| welsher | 13 | someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager | - |
| welshes | 13 | - | - |
| welters | 10 | - | - |
| welting | 11 | - | - |
| wenched | 16 | - | - |
| wencher | 15 | someone who patronizes prostitutes | - |
| wesands | 11 | - | - |
| whidahs | 17 | - | - |
| whimple | 17 | - | - |
| whimsey | 18 | the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment | - |
| whiners | 13 | - | - |
| whinged | 15 | - | - |
| whinger | 14 | - | - |
| whinges | 14 | - | - |
| whinier | 13 | - | - |
| whimmed | 18 | - | - |
| whidded | 16 | - | - |
| whidder | 15 | - | - |
| whiffed | 20 | - | - |
| whiffer | 19 | a batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike | - |
| whiffet | 19 | - | - |
| whiffle | 19 | - | - |
| whigged | 16 | - | - |
| whilere | 13 | - | - |
| whipcat | 17 | - | - |
| whipped | 18 | - | - |
| whishes | 16 | - | - |
| whishts | 16 | - | - |
| whisked | 18 | - | - |
| whisket | 17 | - | - |
| whissed | 14 | - | - |
| whished | 17 | - | - |
| whirtle | 13 | - | - |
| whipray | 18 | - | - |
| whirled | 14 | - | - |
| whirler | 13 | a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling | - |
| whirred | 14 | - | - |
| whirret | 13 | - | - |
| whisses | 13 | - | - |
| whicker | 19 | make a characteristic sound, of a horse | - |
| whatsit | 13 | - | - |
| wheesht | 16 | - | - |
| wheezed | 23 | - | - |
| wheezes | 22 | - | - |
| wheezle | 22 | - | - |
| whelked | 18 | - | - |
| whelmed | 16 | - | - |
| whelped | 16 | - | - |
| wheeple | 15 | - | - |
| wheeped | 16 | - | - |
| whatten | 13 | - | - |
| wheaten | 13 | of or relating to or derived from wheat | wheaten bread |
| wheechs | 18 | - | - |
| wheenge | 14 | - | - |
| whemmle | 17 | - | - |
| whences | 15 | - | - |
| whenuas | 13 | - | - |
| wherrit | 13 | - | - |
| wherves | 16 | - | - |
| whetter | 13 | - | - |
| wheughs | 17 | - | - |
| whewing | 17 | - | - |
| wheyier | 16 | - | - |
| wherret | 13 | - | - |
| whenwes | 16 | - | - |
| whereat | 13 | - | - |
| whereso | 13 | - | - |
| wheyish | 19 | - | - |
| weights | 14 | - | - |
| wattles | 10 | - | - |
| waveoff | 19 | - | - |
| wavered | 14 | - | - |
| waverer | 13 | one who hesitates (usually out of fear) | - |
| waveson | 13 | - | - |
| wavicle | 15 | - | - |
| waviest | 13 | - | - |
| wavings | 14 | - | - |
| wauring | 11 | - | - |
| waulker | 14 | - | - |
| wauchts | 15 | - | - |
| wauffed | 17 | - | - |
| waughed | 15 | - | - |
| waughts | 14 | - | - |
| waukers | 14 | - | - |
| wauking | 15 | - | - |
| wauling | 11 | - | - |
| waulked | 15 | - | - |
| wawaing | 14 | - | - |
| wawling | 14 | - | - |
