3-Letter Words Starting With W
There are 38 three-letter words starting with W in our dictionary; 27 of them are common words.
Type your own letters to find only the 3-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
All 38 words
- why12 points
- way9 points
- who9 points
- war6 points
- was6 points
- win6 points
- won6 points
- wow9 points
- wed7 points
- wee6 points
- wet6 points
- wit6 points
- wiz15 points
- wax13 points
- wok10 points
- wry9 points
- web8 points
- wad7 points
- wag7 points
- wig7 points
- wan6 points
- woe6 points
- woo6 points
- wot6 points
- wen6 points
- wop8 points
- wog7 points
- waw9 points
- wat6 points
- wha9 points
- wye9 points
- wyn9 points
- wab8 points
- wap8 points
- wud7 points
- wae6 points
- wis6 points
- wos6 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 38
- By usage: 24 very common, 3 common, 11 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- wiz 15
- wax 13
- why 12
- wok 10
- waw 9
- way 9
- wha 9
- who 9
- wow 9
- wry 9
Most common
- why
- way
- who
- war
- was
- win
- won
- wow
- wed
- wee
Definitions
- why (noun)
- The cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase ‘the whys and wherefores’.
- way (noun)
- How something is done or how it happens.
- war (noun)
- The waging of armed conflict against an enemy.
- win (noun)
- A victory (as in a race or other competition).
Words that start with W come up constantly in tile games, crosswords and daily letter puzzles, and this page gathers all 38 of the three-letter ones. The most useful are the common words at the top of the list; the rare ones at the bottom are worth knowing when you need to hook onto an awkward board position. WIZ is the top scorer here, worth 15 points before any board multiplier.
How to use this page
To use this page, start with the search box. Type the letters on your rack, add a question mark for each blank, and press search. The tool keeps this page's constraint and returns only the words you can spell. Below the box, the full list is arranged with common words first, followed by the quick facts, definitions and related lists.
Tips
If you know some letters of a word and their positions, a pattern search finds it faster than scanning a list. Open the word finder, type the word with question marks for the unknown letters, and every match appears immediately. You can combine a pattern with the starts-with and ends-with filters to narrow the set further. This works for crosswords, for daily five-letter puzzles and for any tile game where a board word gives you two or three fixed letters.
Questions
How many three-letter words starting with W are there?
Our dictionary has 38 three-letter words starting with W, of which 27 are common English words. The count comes from the public-domain ENABLE list, so it can differ slightly from the dictionary a particular game uses.
What is the highest-scoring word among the three-letter words starting with W?
WIZ scores 15 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.