4 Letter Words Starting With W
All 166 4-letter words that start with W, most common first, with pronunciation and meaning.
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- what/ˈhwət/
- with/ˈwɪð/
- well/ˈwɛɫ/a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- will/ˈwɪɫ/the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
- want/ˈwɑnt/a specific feeling of desire
- when/ˈhwɛn/
- were/ˈwɝ/
- work/ˈwɝk/activity directed toward making or doing something
- wait/ˈweɪt/the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
- went/ˈwɛnt/
- wife/ˈwaɪf/a married woman
- word/ˈwɝd/a unit of language that native speakers can identify
- wish/ˈwɪʃ/the particular preference that you have
- week/ˈwik/hours or days of work in a calendar week
- walk/ˈwɑk/(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- whoa/ˈhoʊ/
- wake/ˈweɪk/a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
- wear/ˈwɛɹ/the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
- wall/ˈwɔɫ/an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
- wine/ˈwaɪn/a red as dark as red wine
- wind/ˈwaɪnd/the act of winding or twisting
- west/ˈwɛst/a location in the western part of a country, region, or city
- ways/ˈweɪz/structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
- warm/ˈwɔɹm/make warm or warmer
- wild/ˈwaɪɫd/a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
- whom/ˈhum/
- wash/ˈwɑʃ/the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
- weak/ˈwik/deficient in intelligence or mental power
- wood/ˈwʊd/a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots
- woke/ˈwoʊk/
- warn/ˈwɔɹn/notify, usually in advance
- wise/ˈwaɪz/a way of doing or being
- wolf/ˈwʊɫf/any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
- wide/ˈwaɪd/not on target
- wave/ˈweɪv/a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
- wire/ˈwaɪɝ/ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
- wins/ˈwɪnz/
- wing/ˈwɪŋ/a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
- wipe/ˈwaɪp/the act of rubbing or wiping
- wore/ˈwɔɹ/
- wrap/ˈɹæp/cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
- ward/ˈwɔɹd/a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
- wars/ˈwɔɹz/
- weed/ˈwid/street names for marijuana
- whip/ˈhwɪp/a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- worn/ˈwɔɹn/showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
- wade/ˈweɪd/English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)
- worm/ˈwɝm/any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes
- whew/ˈhju/
- warp/ˈwɔɹp/yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
- weep/ˈwip/shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
- wont/ˈwoʊnt/an established custom
- womb/ˈwum/a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females
- wage/ˈweɪdʒ/something that remunerates
- wool/ˈwʊɫ/outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
- wink/ˈwɪŋk/a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
- woof/ˈwuf/the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- wits/ˈwɪts/the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
- wand/ˈwɑnd/a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
- wimp/ˈwɪmp/a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation
- whim/ˈhwɪm/an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
- whiz/ˈhwɪz/a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air
- wilt/ˈwɪɫt/causing to become limp or drooping
- whee
- whit/ˈhwɪt/a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- wept/ˈwɛpt/
- wasp/ˈwɑsp/social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting
- wham/ˈhwæm/hit hard
- wary/ˈwɛɹi/marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
- wail/ˈweɪɫ/a cry of sorrow and grief
- wigs/ˈwɪɡz/
- wuss/ˈwəs/a person who is physically weak and ineffectual
- wick/ˈwɪk/a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
- writ/ˈɹɪt/(law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
- weir/ˈwiɹ/a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow
- weld/ˈwɛɫd/a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together
- wynn/ˈwɪn/
- watt/ˈwɑt/Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819)
- wren/ˈɹɛn/any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails
- woes/ˈwoʊz/
- wart/ˈwɔɹt/(pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin
- ware/ˈwɛɹ/commodities offered for sale
- wack/ˈwæk/
- webs/ˈwɛbz/
- wavy/ˈweɪvi/uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
- wily/ˈwaɪɫi/marked by skill in deception
- wino/ˈwinoʊ/a chronic drinker
- wean/ˈwin/gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk
- wags/ˈwæɡz/
- wich/ˈwɪtʃ/
- wile/ˈwaɪɫ/the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
- whirsound of something in rapid motion
- wortunfermented or fermenting malt
- wets
- whet/ˈhwɛt/sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
- wast
- wadi/ˈwɑˌdi/gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season
- wisp/ˈwɪsp/a small tuft or lock
- weet
- weds
4-letter words starting with W
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There are 166 4-letter words starting with W in our dictionary.