8-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| whatever | 17 | one or some or every or all without specification | give me whatever peaches you don't want |
| watching | 17 | the act of observing; taking a patient look | - |
| whenever | 17 | - | - |
| wherever | 17 | where in the world | - |
| worrying | 15 | causing distress or worry or anxiety | a worrying situation |
| weakness | 15 | a flaw or weak point | - |
| williams | 13 | United States playwright (1911-1983) | - |
| waitress | 11 | serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant | - |
| weekends | 16 | - | - |
| withdraw | 18 | break from a meeting or gathering | - |
| whirring | 15 | sound of something in rapid motion | - |
| workshop | 20 | small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done | - |
| wardrobe | 14 | a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes | - |
| wretched | 17 | of very poor quality or condition | - |
| wildlife | 15 | all living things (except people) that are undomesticated | chemicals could kill all the wildlife |
| wrestler | 11 | combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground | - |
| watchman | 18 | a guard who keeps watch | - |
| wireless | 11 | an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals | - |
| washroom | 16 | a lavatory (particularly a lavatory in a public place) | - |
| weighing | 16 | careful consideration | - |
| watering | 12 | shedding tears | - |
| wrapping | 16 | the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped | - |
| writings | 12 | the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures | - |
| whipping | 19 | a sound defeat | - |
| werewolf | 17 | a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again | - |
| wormhole | 16 | hole made by a burrowing worm | - |
| wrinkled | 16 | (of linens or clothes) not ironed | - |
| weakened | 16 | damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value | - |
| wondrous | 12 | (used as an intensifier) extremely well | the colors changed wondrously slowly |
| withdrew | 18 | - | - |
| wheezing | 24 | relating to breathing with a whistling sound | - |
| whomever | 19 | - | - |
| whiskers | 18 | the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face | - |
| wreckage | 18 | the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked | they searched the wreckage for signs of survivors |
| winnings | 12 | something won (especially money) | - |
| wrecking | 18 | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined | - |
| woodland | 13 | land that is covered with trees and shrubs | - |
| withered | 15 | lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness | a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws |
| windmill | 14 | generator that extracts usable energy from winds | - |
| whistler | 14 | United States painter (1834-1903) | - |
| weaponry | 16 | weapons considered collectively | - |
| woodcock | 20 | game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe | - |
| weakling | 16 | a person who is physically weak and ineffectual | - |
| wanderer | 12 | a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine | - |
| whacking | 21 | the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | - |
| watchdog | 18 | a dog trained to guard property | - |
| woodwork | 19 | the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood | - |
| worthing | 15 | - | - |
| wormwood | 17 | any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium | - |
| waterloo | 11 | the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon | - |
| wildfire | 15 | a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration | - |
| watchful | 19 | engaged in or accustomed to close observation | - |
| warranty | 14 | a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications | - |
| withhold | 18 | retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments | My employer is withholding taxes |
| wrongful | 15 | having no legally established claim | the wrongful heir to the throne |
| workload | 16 | work that a person is expected to do in a specified time | - |
| woodward | 16 | United States chemist honored for synthesizing complex organic compounds (1917-1979) | - |
| writhing | 15 | moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion | - |
| wasteful | 14 | inefficient in use of time and effort and materials | a clumsy and wasteful process |
| worsened | 12 | changed for the worse in health or fitness | - |
| workings | 16 | the internal mechanism of a device | - |
| withheld | 18 | - | - |
| wetlands | 12 | - | - |
| whirling | 15 | the act of rotating in a circle or spiral | - |
| waterman | 13 | someone who drives or rides in a boat | - |
| wellness | 11 | a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease | - |
| woodruff | 18 | Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula | - |
| wavering | 15 | indecision in speech or action | - |
| weekdays | 19 | - | - |
| whiplash | 19 | an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident) | - |
| windpipe | 16 | membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi | - |
| widening | 13 | an increase in width | - |
| wildness | 12 | a feeling of extreme emotional intensity | the wildness of his anger |
| weighted | 16 | made heavy or weighted down with weariness | weighted eyelids |
| wrangler | 12 | a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses | - |
| whopping | 19 | (used informally) very large | - |
| wounding | 13 | causing physical or especially psychological injury | wounding and false charges of disloyalty |
| wantonly | 14 | in a licentious and promiscuous manner | - |
| westward | 15 | toward the west | they traveled westward toward the setting sun |
| workable | 17 | capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are | - |
| wisteria | 11 | any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria | - |
| wheeling | 15 | propelling something on wheels | - |
| whiteout | 14 | cover up with a liquid correction fluid | - |
| windfall | 15 | a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | - |
| wringing | 13 | - | - |
| wracking | 18 | - | - |
| wingspan | 14 | linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil | - |
| workroom | 17 | room where work is done | - |
| wizardry | 24 | exceptional creative ability | - |
| whizzing | 33 | - | - |
| woodsman | 14 | makes things out of wood | - |
| wordplay | 17 | a humorous play on words | - |
| woodwind | 16 | any wind instrument other than the brass instruments | - |
| wobbling | 16 | (of sound) fluctuating unsteadily | a low-pitched wobbling sound |
| wishbone | 16 | the furcula of a domestic fowl | - |
| wildwood | 16 | - | - |
| wickedly | 21 | in a wicked evil manner | act wickedly |
| westerly | 14 | of wind; from the west | - |
| witching | 17 | possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers | 'tis now the very witching time of night |
| workmate | 17 | a fellow worker | - |
| waterway | 17 | a conduit through which water flows | - |
| washable | 16 | capable of being washed without injury | washable woolens |
| wilfully | 17 | in a willful manner | - |
| woodworm | 17 | a larva of a woodborer | - |
| wardroom | 14 | military quarters for dining and recreation for officers of a warship (except the captain) | - |
| wordless | 12 | expressed without speech | choking exasperation and wordless shame |
| walruses | 11 | - | - |
| wearable | 13 | a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | - |
| whitened | 15 | (of hair) having lost its color | - |
| whoreson | 14 | insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | - |
| workbook | 21 | a student's book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving them | - |
| winnable | 13 | - | - |
| windward | 16 | toward the wind | they were sailing windward |
| woefully | 17 | in an unfortunate or deplorable manner | it was woefully inadequate |
| watchout | 16 | - | - |
| wheelman | 16 | - | - |
| woodshed | 16 | a shed for storing firewood or garden tools | - |
| wingless | 12 | lacking wings | - |
| windless | 12 | without or almost without wind | he prefers windless days for playing golf |
| wayfarer | 17 | a traveler going on a trip | - |
| weeklong | 16 | lasting through a week | her weeklong vacation |
| warhorse | 14 | an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service | - |
| whoredom | 17 | offering sexual intercourse for pay | - |
| workweek | 22 | hours or days of work in a calendar week | - |
| wiseacre | 13 | an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments | - |
| windsurf | 15 | ride standing on a surfboard with an attached sail, on water | You cannot windsurf when the air is completely still |
| woodbine | 14 | common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit | - |
| witchery | 19 | the art of sorcery | - |
| weariest | 11 | - | - |
| wannabee | 13 | an ambitious and aspiring young person | - |
| walkover | 18 | any undertaking that is easy to do | - |
| wariness | 11 | the trait of being cautious and watchful | - |
| warplane | 13 | an aircraft designed and used for combat | - |
| woodpile | 14 | a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel | - |
| windsock | 18 | a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind | - |
| wearying | 15 | producing exhaustion | - |
| warmness | 13 | a positive feeling of liking | the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home |
| whodunit | 15 | a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie | - |
| wrathful | 17 | vehemently incensed and condemnatory | they trembled before the wrathful queen |
| wrencher | 16 | - | - |
| wriggler | 13 | larva of a mosquito | - |
| worthily | 17 | in a worthy manner; with worthiness | - |
| windiest | 12 | - | - |
| wineskin | 15 | an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine | - |
| wingding | 14 | - | - |
| womanize | 22 | to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to | - |
| wakening | 16 | the act of waking | it was an early awakening |
| wainscot | 13 | panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall | - |
| warfarin | 14 | an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus | - |
| whipster | 16 | - | - |
| whiskery | 21 | having hair on the cheeks and chin | - |
| wigmaker | 18 | someone who makes and sells wigs | - |
| wellhead | 15 | the source of water for a well | - |
| wheezily | 26 | with a wheeze | he talked wheezily |
| workflow | 21 | progress (or rate of progress) in work being done | - |
| wormlike | 17 | totally submissive | - |
| wineshop | 16 | - | - |
| womanish | 16 | having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men | womanish tears |
| warpaint | 13 | - | - |
| wauchted | 17 | - | - |
| waveless | 14 | - | - |
| wavelets | 14 | - | - |
| wavelike | 18 | uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves | - |
| waveoffs | 20 | - | - |
| waverers | 14 | - | - |
| waverier | 14 | - | - |
| waverous | 14 | - | - |
| waveform | 19 | the shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time | - |
| waveband | 17 | a band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals) | - |
| wauffing | 18 | - | - |
| waughing | 16 | - | - |
| waughted | 16 | - | - |
| waukmill | 17 | - | - |
| waukrife | 18 | - | - |
| waulings | 12 | - | - |
| waulkers | 15 | - | - |
| waulking | 16 | - | - |
| wavesons | 14 | - | - |
| wavicles | 16 | - | - |
| waviness | 14 | (of hair) a tendency to curl | - |
| waybills | 16 | - | - |
| wayboard | 17 | - | - |
| waybread | 17 | - | - |
| wayfared | 18 | - | - |
| wayfares | 17 | - | - |
| waygoing | 16 | - | - |
| waygoose | 15 | - | - |
| waxworms | 23 | - | - |
| waxworks | 25 | - | - |
| wawlings | 15 | - | - |
| waxberry | 23 | deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries | - |
| waxbills | 20 | - | - |
| waxcloth | 23 | - | - |
| waxiness | 18 | the quality of being made of wax or covered with wax | - |
| waxplant | 20 | - | - |
| waxweeds | 22 | - | - |
| waxwings | 22 | - | - |
| waylayer | 17 | - | - |
| wattling | 12 | - | - |
| wasterie | 11 | - | - |
| watchers | 16 | - | - |
| watchets | 16 | - | - |
| watcheye | 19 | - | - |
| watchmen | 18 | - | - |
| watchcry | 21 | - | - |
| wasteway | 17 | - | - |
| wastfull | 14 | - | - |
| wastings | 12 | - | - |
| wastness | 11 | - | - |
| wastrels | 11 | - | - |
| wastries | 11 | - | - |
| wastrife | 14 | - | - |
| watchbox | 25 | - | - |
| waterage | 12 | - | - |
| waterbed | 14 | - | - |
| waterbus | 13 | - | - |
| watermen | 13 | - | - |
| waterpox | 20 | - | - |
| waterski | 15 | - | - |
| wattages | 12 | - | - |
| wattapes | 13 | - | - |
| watthour | 14 | - | - |
| waterlog | 12 | - | - |
| waterdog | 13 | any of several large aquatic salamanders | - |
| waterers | 11 | - | - |
| waterhen | 14 | - | - |
| waterier | 11 | - | - |
| waterily | 14 | - | - |
| waterish | 14 | - | - |
| waterjet | 18 | - | - |
| wattless | 11 | - | - |
| websites | 13 | - | - |
| wedlocks | 18 | - | - |
| weediest | 12 | - | - |
| weedings | 13 | - | - |
| weedless | 12 | free from weeds | a weedless garden |
| weedlike | 16 | - | - |
| weeklies | 15 | - | - |
| wedgings | 14 | - | - |
| wedgiest | 13 | - | - |
| websters | 13 | - | - |
| webwheel | 19 | - | - |
| webworks | 20 | - | - |
| webworms | 18 | - | - |
| weddered | 14 | - | - |
| weddings | 14 | - | - |
| wedeling | 13 | - | - |
| wedelned | 13 | - | - |
| weeniest | 11 | - | - |
| weensier | 11 | - | - |
| weighage | 16 | - | - |
| weighers | 15 | - | - |
| weighman | 17 | - | - |
| weighmen | 17 | - | - |
| weighter | 15 | - | - |
| weirdest | 12 | - | - |
| weigelia | 12 | - | - |
| weigelas | 12 | - | - |
| weephole | 16 | - | - |
| weepiest | 13 | - | - |
| weepings | 14 | - | - |
| weetless | 11 | - | - |
| weeviled | 15 | - | - |
| weevilly | 17 | - | - |
| weftages | 15 | - | - |
| weftwise | 17 | - | - |
| weirdies | 12 | - | - |
| webpages | 16 | - | - |
| wayleave | 17 | - | - |
| weakener | 15 | that which weakens or causes a loss of strength | doubt is a great weakener of resolve |
| weakfish | 21 | food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out | - |
| weaklier | 15 | - | - |
| weakside | 16 | - | - |
| wealsman | 13 | - | - |
| wealsmen | 13 | - | - |
| wazzocks | 35 | - | - |
| wayleggo | 16 | - | - |
| waymarks | 20 | - | - |
| wayments | 16 | - | - |
| waypoint | 16 | - | - |
| wayposts | 16 | - | - |
| waysides | 15 | - | - |
| waywiser | 17 | - | - |
| waywodes | 18 | - | - |
| weanings | 12 | - | - |
| weanling | 12 | - | - |
| weaponed | 14 | carrying weapons | - |
| weathers | 14 | - | - |
| weavings | 15 | - | - |
| weazands | 21 | - | - |
| weazened | 21 | - | - |
| webbiest | 15 | - | - |
| webbings | 16 | - | - |
| webcasts | 15 | - | - |
| webinars | 13 | - | - |
| weaselly | 14 | - | - |
| weaseler | 11 | - | - |
| weariful | 14 | - | - |
| wearings | 12 | - | - |
| weasands | 12 | - | - |
| weaseled | 12 | - | - |
| webmails | 15 | - | - |
| wastered | 12 | - | - |
| waltzers | 20 | - | - |
| wandlike | 16 | - | - |
| wanglers | 12 | - | - |
| wangling | 13 | an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery | - |
| wanhopes | 16 | - | - |
| wanigans | 12 | - | - |
| wankiest | 15 | - | - |
| wankstas | 15 | - | - |
| wanderoo | 12 | - | - |
| waltzing | 21 | - | - |
| wamblier | 15 | - | - |
| wambling | 16 | - | - |
| wamefous | 16 | - | - |
| wamefuls | 16 | - | - |
| wammuses | 15 | - | - |
| wampuses | 15 | - | - |
| wandered | 13 | - | - |
| wannabes | 13 | - | - |
| wannigan | 12 | - | - |
| wantages | 12 | - | - |
| warblers | 13 | - | - |
| warbling | 14 | - | - |
| warcraft | 16 | - | - |
| wardcorn | 14 | - | - |
| wardened | 13 | - | - |
| wardenry | 15 | - | - |
| wardered | 13 | - | - |
| wardings | 13 | - | - |
| warbiest | 13 | - | - |
| waratahs | 14 | - | - |
| wanthill | 14 | - | - |
| wantings | 12 | - | - |
| wantoned | 12 | - | - |
| wantoner | 11 | - | - |
| wanwordy | 18 | - | - |
| wanworth | 17 | - | - |
| wappered | 16 | - | - |
| wardless | 12 | - | - |
| waltiest | 11 | - | - |
| wainages | 12 | - | - |
| waiwodes | 15 | - | - |
| wakandas | 16 | - | - |
| wakeless | 15 | (of sleep) deep and complete | deep wakeless sleep |
| wakeners | 15 | - | - |
| wakerife | 18 | - | - |
| waldhorn | 15 | - | - |
| waldrapp | 16 | - | - |
| waivodes | 15 | - | - |
| waitrons | 11 | - | - |
| wairsher | 14 | - | - |
| waisters | 11 | - | - |
| waisting | 12 | - | - |
| waitered | 12 | - | - |
| waitings | 12 | - | - |
| waitlist | 11 | - | - |
| walkable | 17 | - | - |
| walkaway | 21 | an easy victory | - |
| walkings | 16 | - | - |
| walliest | 11 | - | - |
| wallings | 12 | - | - |
| walloped | 14 | - | - |
| walloper | 13 | a gross untruth; a blatant lie | - |
| wallowed | 15 | - | - |
| wallower | 14 | - | - |
| wallsend | 12 | - | - |
| wallwort | 14 | - | - |
| wallfish | 17 | - | - |
| walleyes | 14 | - | - |
| walkmill | 17 | - | - |
| walkouts | 15 | - | - |
| walkways | 21 | - | - |
| walkyrie | 18 | - | - |
| wallabas | 13 | - | - |
| wallaroo | 11 | - | - |
| walleyed | 15 | having divergent strabismus | - |
| warrigal | 12 | wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia | - |
| wartimes | 13 | - | - |
| wartless | 11 | - | - |
| wartlike | 15 | (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts | - |
| wartweed | 15 | not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun | - |
| wartwort | 14 | not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun | - |
| warworks | 18 | - | - |
| warzones | 20 | - | - |
| wartiest | 11 | - | - |
| warthogs | 15 | - | - |
| warriors | 11 | - | - |
| warrison | 11 | - | - |
| warships | 16 | - | - |
| warslers | 11 | - | - |
| warsling | 12 | - | - |
| warstled | 12 | - | - |
| warstler | 11 | - | - |
| warstles | 11 | - | - |
| washaway | 20 | - | - |
| washball | 16 | - | - |
| washbowl | 19 | a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face | - |
| washwipe | 19 | - | - |
| waspiest | 13 | - | - |
| wasplike | 17 | - | - |
| waspnest | 13 | - | - |
| wassails | 11 | - | - |
| wastable | 13 | - | - |
| wastages | 12 | - | - |
| washtubs | 16 | - | - |
| washdays | 18 | - | - |
| washered | 15 | - | - |
| washiest | 14 | - | - |
| washings | 15 | - | - |
| washland | 15 | - | - |
| washouts | 14 | - | - |
| washpots | 16 | - | - |
| washrags | 15 | - | - |
| wastelot | 11 | - | - |
| warreyed | 15 | - | - |
| wardmote | 14 | - | - |
| warhable | 16 | - | - |
| warheads | 15 | - | - |
| wariment | 13 | - | - |
| warisons | 11 | - | - |
| warlings | 12 | - | - |
| warfares | 14 | - | - |
| warfarer | 14 | - | - |
| wardress | 12 | a woman warder | - |
| wardrops | 14 | - | - |
| wardship | 17 | - | - |
| wareless | 11 | - | - |
| wareroom | 13 | - | - |
| warfared | 15 | - | - |
| warlocks | 17 | - | - |
| warlords | 12 | - | - |
| warmaker | 17 | - | - |
| warragal | 12 | wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia | - |
| warragle | 12 | - | - |
| warragul | 12 | - | - |
| warrands | 12 | - | - |
| warraned | 12 | - | - |
| warrants | 11 | - | - |
| warrayed | 15 | - | - |
| warpwise | 16 | - | - |
| warpower | 16 | - | - |
| warmings | 14 | - | - |
| warmouth | 16 | - | - |
| warnings | 12 | - | - |
| warpages | 14 | - | - |
| warpaths | 16 | - | - |
| warpings | 14 | - | - |
| warrener | 11 | maintains a rabbit warren | - |
| whitiest | 14 | - | - |
| whittler | 14 | someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime) | - |
| whittles | 14 | - | - |
| whittret | 14 | - | - |
| whizbang | 26 | a small high-velocity shell; it makes a whizzing sound followed by a bang when it hits | - |
| whizzers | 32 | - | - |
| whizzier | 32 | - | - |
| whittled | 15 | - | - |
| whitters | 14 | - | - |
| whitings | 15 | - | - |
| whitling | 15 | - | - |
| whitlows | 17 | - | - |
| whitrack | 20 | - | - |
| whitrets | 14 | - | - |
| whitrick | 20 | - | - |
| whitster | 14 | - | - |
| whittaws | 17 | - | - |
| wholisms | 16 | - | - |
| wholists | 14 | - | - |
| whombled | 19 | - | - |
| whooping | 17 | - | - |
| whooplas | 16 | - | - |
| whoopsie | 16 | - | - |
| whooshed | 18 | - | - |
| whooshes | 17 | - | - |
| whooting | 15 | - | - |
| whoppers | 18 | - | - |
| whoopies | 16 | - | - |
| whoopers | 16 | - | - |
| whombles | 18 | - | - |
| whommled | 19 | - | - |
| whommles | 18 | - | - |
| whomping | 19 | - | - |
| whoobubs | 18 | - | - |
| whoofing | 18 | - | - |
| whoopees | 16 | - | - |
| whithers | 17 | - | - |
| whippers | 18 | - | - |
| whirlers | 14 | - | - |
| whirlier | 14 | - | - |
| whirlies | 14 | - | - |
| whirrets | 14 | - | - |
| whirried | 15 | - | - |
| whirries | 14 | - | - |
| whirlbat | 16 | - | - |
| whipworm | 21 | - | - |
| whippets | 18 | - | - |
| whippier | 18 | - | - |
| whiprays | 19 | - | - |
| whipsawn | 19 | - | - |
