Nouns That Start With W

362 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

These nouns that start with W come from a standard English dictionary used for word games, ranked by how often each word is used in everyday writing. There are 362 nouns starting with W on this page. The 100 most common come first, each with a short meaning, followed by shorter, longer and easier picks and a filter for any ending or length.

W has 362 nouns. Question words like who and why sit high up, but they rarely act as nouns, so look past them. The useful core is world, water, week, wall, word and weather.

Time and season words cluster here: week, weekend and winter. Compound nouns are common, as in wildlife, workshop, warehouse and workplace. Young readers can also practise telling the wh spelling apart from a plain w with this list.

Nouns starting with W: 362
Most used: will
Longest common one: whistleblower 13 letters

Most common nouns that start with W

Ranked by how often the word appears in English text. "Type" is the word's main part of speech.

#	Word	Meaning	Type
1	will	the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention; - George Meredith	noun
2	who	a United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health...	noun
3	way	how something is done or how it happens	noun
4	why	the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'	noun
5	world	everything that exists anywhere	noun
6	while	a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition	noun
7	week	any period of seven consecutive days	noun
8	water	binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid	noun
9	war	the waging of armed conflict against an enemy	noun
10	woman	an adult female person (as opposed to a man)	noun
11	west	the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America	noun
12	works	buildings for carrying on industrial labor	noun
13	word	a unit of language that native speakers can identify	noun
14	words	the words that are spoken	noun
15	wife	a married woman; a man's partner in marriage	noun
16	writing	the act of creating written works	noun
17	waiting	the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)	noun
18	ways	structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired	noun
19	wall	an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness	noun
20	watching	the act of observing; taking a patient look	noun
21	weight	the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity	noun
22	wow	a joke that seems extremely funny	noun
23	weekend	a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday	noun
24	winter	the coldest season of the year	noun
25	weather	the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and...	noun
26	wind	air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure	noun
27	wedding	the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed	noun
28	window	a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light...	noun
29	winner	the contestant who wins the contest	noun
30	wood	the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees	noun
31	web	an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving	noun
32	wine	fermented juice (of grapes especially)	noun
33	windows	(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface	noun
34	writer	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)	noun
35	wave	one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)	noun
36	wing	a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)	noun
37	wales	one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	noun
38	warning	a message informing of danger	noun
39	weekly	a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year)	noun
40	weapon	any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting	noun
41	wealth	the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money	noun
42	wheel	a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or...	noun
43	waters	United States actress and singer (1896-1977)	noun
44	woods	the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area	noun
45	wage	something that remunerates	noun
46	wings	a means of flight or ascent	noun
47	welfare	governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need	noun
48	wire	ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc	noun
49	worker	a person who works at a specific occupation	noun
50	walker	New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds...	noun
51	ward	a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another	noun
52	wolf	any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs	noun
53	wildlife	all living things (except people) that are undomesticated	noun
54	wisdom	accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment	noun
55	worship	the activity of worshipping	noun
56	weed	any plant that crowds out cultivated plants	noun
57	warren	United States writer and poet (1905-1989)	noun
58	wages	a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing	noun
59	wells	prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels	noun
60	wound	an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)	noun
61	wireless	medium for communication	noun
62	wright	United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)	noun
63	weakness	a flaw or weak point	noun
64	warrior	someone engaged in or experienced in warfare	noun
65	wallet	a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money	noun
66	welsh	a native or resident of Wales	noun
67	workshop	small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done	noun
68	wrestling	the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat	noun
69	washing	the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)	noun
70	warner	United States filmmaker who with his brothers founded the movie studio that produced the first talking...	noun
71	witch	a female sorcerer or magician	noun
72	wont	an established custom	noun
73	warehouse	a storehouse for goods and merchandise	noun
74	widow	a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried	noun
75	warfare	the waging of armed conflict against an enemy	noun
76	withdrawal	a retraction of a previously held position	noun
77	workplace	a place where work is done	noun
78	width	the extent of something from side to side	noun
79	workout	the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit	noun
80	wheat	annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains	noun
81	wrist	a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones	noun
82	whale	a very large person; impressive in size or qualities	noun
83	writings	the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures	noun
84	waist	the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips	noun
85	wit	a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter	noun
86	wilderness	(politics) a state of disfavor	noun
87	wishing	a specific feeling of desire	noun
88	workforce	the force of workers available	noun
89	wizard	someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field	noun
90	wax	any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin	noun
91	wool	a fabric made from the hair of sheep	noun
92	wagon	any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor	noun
93	wheelchair	a movable chair mounted on large wheels	noun
94	willingness	cheerful compliance	noun
95	wardrobe	a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes	noun
96	warmth	the sensation caused by heat energy	noun
97	watts	English poet and theologian (1674-1748)	noun
98	whiskey	a liquor made from fermented mash of grain	noun
99	wheeler	Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)	noun
100	worm	any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and...	noun

Positive nouns that start with W

works
wow
winner
wisdom
willingness
warmth
windfall
worthiness

Short nouns that start with W

will
who
way
why
world
while
week
water
war
woman
west
works
word
words
wife
ways
wall
wow
wind
wood
web
wine
wave
wing
wales
wheel
woods
wage
wings
wire
ward
wolf
weed
wages
wells
wound

Long nouns that start with W

withdrawal
wilderness
wheelchair
willingness
waterfront
whereabouts
wonderland
wavelength
witchcraft
whispering
windshield
wastewater
withholding
watermelon
wrongdoing
watercolor
whistleblower
workmanship
woodworking
weightlifting
wainwright
workstation
warehousing
wickedness
windscreen
welterweight
wholesaler
watchtower
woodpecker
waterworks

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Questions people ask

How many nouns start with W?

This list has 362 nouns starting with W, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words that appear in real English text.

What are the most common nouns that start with W?

will, who, way, why, world, while, week, water are the most used in everyday English.

What are some long nouns that start with W?

wrestling, warehouse, withdrawal, workplace, wilderness.

What are easy nouns that start with W for kids?

will, who, way, why, world, while are short, everyday examples.

Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.

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