Browse 6-Letter Words by Starting Letter

Most Common 6-Letter Words Starting With W

The most frequently used words in everyday English, most common first.

All 453 6-Letter Words Starting With W (A–Z)

The words come from the ENABLE word list (15,232 six-letter words), the open dictionary that many word games, including Words With Friends, are based on. Official Scrabble dictionaries accept nearly all of them but can differ slightly.

Starting with WA (137)

Starting with WE (57)

Starting with WH (70)

Starting with WI (104)

Starting with WO (53)

Starting with WR (24)

Starting with WU (4)

Starting with WY (4)

About 6-Letter Words Starting With W

453
Total words
244
No repeated letters
4 pts
Scrabble value of W

There are 453 six-letter words that start with W. The words come from the ENABLE word list (15,232 six-letter words), the open dictionary that many word games, including Words With Friends, are based on. Official Scrabble dictionaries accept nearly all of them but can differ slightly.

The letters that most often follow W are A (137), I (104), H (70), E (57) and O (53). The biggest groups are words beginning with WA-, WI- and WH-, so if you know the second letter you can jump straight to that group in the list above.

Highest-Scoring Words for Scrabble and Words With Friends

Using standard Scrabble tile values (before bonus squares), the highest-scoring well-known words here are WIZARD (19 points), WHISKY (19 points), WAXING (17 points), WEEKLY (16 points), WICKED (16 points). W itself is worth 4 points. To search by the exact tiles on your rack, use the word finder or the anagram solver.

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There are 453 six-letter words that start with W in our list (based on the ENABLE word list). The most common are WITHIN, WANTED, WORKED, WEIGHT, WONDER, WINTER, WINDOW, WINNER.
With standard Scrabble tile values: WIZARD (19), WHISKY (19), WAXING (17), WEEKLY (16), WICKED (16). Bonus squares on the board can increase these scores.
244 of the 453 words use 6 different letters.