4 letter words starting with W

166 words. Add the other letters you know to narrow the list.

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166 words

Best words to try

Sorted by how many of this list's common letters they use: WAES, WANE, WARE, WALE, WANS and WAIT. Words with no repeated letters test the most letters per guess; 140 of the 166 words have none.

Highest-scoring words

  • WHIZ19 points
  • WAXY17 points
  • WYCH15 points
  • WACK13 points
  • WAFF13 points

Patterns in this list

The most common second letter is A (51 words), followed by I (30). 5 of them have no A, E, I, O or U: WHYS, WYCH, WYND, WYNN and WYNS.

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How many 4 letter words start with W?

There are 166 4 letter words that start with W in our word list.

What is the highest scoring 4 letter word that start with W?

WHIZ, worth 19 points with standard Scrabble letter values.

Which 4 letter words that start with W make good guesses?

WAES, WANE and WARE use 4 different letters that are common in this list, so they rule out the most words.