4 Letter Words Starting with W

Common four-letter words that start with W

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• what 10/9
• with 10/9
• well 7/9 (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a…
• want 7/8 a state of extreme poverty
• will 7/9 the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
• when 10/10
• were 7/7
• wait 7/7 stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
• work 11/11 exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
• went 7/8
• wife 10/10 a married woman
• week 11/11 any period of seven consecutive days
• word 8/8 a unit of language that native speakers can identify
• wish 10/9 hope for
• walk 11/12 the act of traveling by foot
• whoa 10/9
• wear 7/7 be dressed in
• wake 11/11 be awake, be alert, be there
• wall 7/9 an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness
• west 7/7 the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
• wine 7/8 fermented juice (of grapes especially)
• wind 8/9 air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
• wild 8/9 marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
• warm 9/10 having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
• ways 10/9 (form of way) how something is done or how it happens
• wash 10/9 clean with some chemical process
• whom 12/12
• weak 11/11 wanting in physical strength
• wise 7/7 having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
• wire 7/7 ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
• wood 8/8 the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
• woke 11/11
• warn 7/8 notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
• wide 8/8 having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
• wave 10/11 one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
• wore 7/7
• wolf 10/11 any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
• wing 8/10 a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
• wins 7/8 (form of win) be the winner in a contest or competition
• wrap 9/10 arrange or fold as a cover or protection
• wipe 9/10 rub with a circular motion
• wade 8/8 walk (through relatively shallow water)
• ward 8/8 a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
• whip 12/12 beat severely with a whip or rod
• weed 8/8 any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
• worm 9/10 any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and…
• worn 7/8 affected by wear
• wars 7/7 (form of war) the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
• whew 13/12
• weep 9/10 shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain

All 166 four-letter words that start with W

Numbers are Scrabble points, then Words With Friends points.