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4-Letter Words Starting with W (62 words)
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4-Letter Words (62):
wabs (9 points)
Wab
W·4+A·1+B·3+S·1 = 9 pts
wack (13 points)
Messed up, in slang
Lame, in hip-hop parlance
Lacking skill, in hip-hop
W·4+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 13 pts
wade (8 points)
Go in the kiddie pool, maybe
Ford a stream, say
Cool one's heels, perhaps
W·4+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 8 pts
wadi (8 points)
Flowerbed in the desert (wordplay)
Ravine, in Africa
Valley, as in Arabia or Africa
W·4+A·1+D·2+I·1 = 8 pts
wads (8 points)
Failed opening paragraphs, perhaps
Loads (of lucre)
Gum balls (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 8 pts
wady (11 points)
Desert gully Var.
Desert gully variable
W·4+A·1+D·2+Y·4 = 11 pts
waes (7 points)
Wae
W·4+A·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
waff (13 points)
Puff of air
Wave Scot.
Wave: Scot.
W·4+A·1+F·4+F·4 = 13 pts
waft (10 points)
Go with the flow (wordplay)
Drift (like a faint smell)
Blow in the wind (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+F·4+T·1 = 10 pts
wage (8 points)
Contend for one's due (wordplay)
Engage in (war?)
Living pay (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 8 pts
wags (8 points)
Shakes indicating affection, perhaps
Turns tail (wordplay)
Greetings from a friend (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+G·2+S·1 = 8 pts
waif (10 points)
Oliver Twist, for one
Oliver, for one
Twiggy, for one
W·4+A·1+I·1+F·4 = 10 pts
wail (7 points)
Play a sax solo, maybe
Siren song (wordplay)
Emulate a Bob Marley band member, say
W·4+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 7 pts
wain (7 points)
Old-time cart.
Old-time wagon.
Old-fashioned wagon.
W·4+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 7 pts
wair (7 points)
Spend Scot
Spend: Scot.
W·4+A·1+I·1+R·1 = 7 pts
wait (7 points)
Hold that thought!
Just a sec!
Hold your horses!
W·4+A·1+I·1+T·1 = 7 pts
wake (11 points)
Bolt up, say
Boat trailer (wordplay)
Dead zone (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 11 pts
wale (7 points)
Gun attachment (wordplay)
Ridge in weave of cloth
Ridge, as on corduroy.
W·4+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
walk (11 points)
Lambeth, for one
Put on first, maybe
Sign of the cross (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+L·1+K·5 = 11 pts
wall (7 points)
Pink Floyd album (with "The")
Return pass at Eton (wordplay)
WSJ section (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 7 pts
waly (10 points)
An ornament [n WALIES] / excellent
W·4+A·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
wame (9 points)
Identical
W·4+A·1+M·3+E·1 = 9 pts
wand (8 points)
Magic stick (wordplay)
Casting director (wordplay)
Spelling requirement (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+N·1+D·2 = 8 pts
wane (7 points)
Gradual decline, of the moon say
Decrease (like the moon)
Decline (in influence)
W·4+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 7 pts
wans (7 points)
Becomes sickly pale
Grows pale
Becomes pallid
W·4+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts
want (7 points)
Disturbed song about desire (wordplay)
Suffer a lack of
Have too little of
W·4+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 7 pts
wany (10 points)
Partly diminished
W·4+A·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
waps (9 points)
Hits making insect half confused
W·4+A·1+P·3+S·1 = 9 pts
ward (8 points)
Place for a heeler (or a healer)
Foster child, perhaps
On the safe side
W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 8 pts
ware (7 points)
Dinner conclusion (wordplay)
Soft ending (wordplay)
Hard finish (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
wark (11 points)
Director Griffith's middle name
John, ex-Scotland, Ipswich and Liverpool
W·4+A·1+R·1+K·5 = 11 pts
warm (9 points)
In the 80s, say
In the 70s, say
Hot, but not too hot (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+R·1+M·3 = 9 pts
warn (7 points)
Say "Better not" to
Say "Watch out!" to
Yell 'Heads up!' to, say
W·4+A·1+R·1+N·1 = 7 pts
warp (9 points)
Enterprising unit of velocity (wordplay)
Time (portal to the past or future)
Get bent out of shape (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+R·1+P·3 = 9 pts
wars (7 points)
Battles of bands, perhaps
General actions (wordplay)
Private engagements (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 7 pts
wart (7 points)
Finger affliction, perhaps
Toady feature (wordplay)
Beauty mark for a witch, perhaps
W·4+A·1+R·1+T·1 = 7 pts
wary (10 points)
Run into street? Careful!
On the alert
Suspicious of conflict over youth leader
W·4+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
wash (10 points)
Come clean (wordplay)
Clothes in a basket, say
Monday chore, perhaps
W·4+A·1+S·1+H·4 = 10 pts
wasp (9 points)
The velvet ant, for one
Mayflower passenger (wordplay)
Yellow jacket, for one
W·4+A·1+S·1+P·3 = 9 pts
wast (7 points)
Poetic verb form.
Verb used with "thou."
Biblical verb with "thou"
W·4+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 7 pts
wats (7 points)
Phone user's line, perhaps
Bulk-rate phone service inits.
Long-distance acronym
W·4+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts
watt (7 points)
Power unit, sorry to say
Light amount (wordplay)
This inventor said what (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+T·1+T·1 = 7 pts
wauk (11 points)
To {wake=v}
W·4+A·1+U·1+K·5 = 11 pts
waul (7 points)
Make high-pitched, whiny noises
Whine like a cat
Cry loudly, as a cat
W·4+A·1+U·1+L·1 = 7 pts
waur (7 points)
To {war=v}
W·4+A·1+U·1+R·1 = 7 pts
wave (10 points)
Salt shaker (wordplay)
Marcel, for one
Surfer's delight (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 10 pts
wavy (13 points)
Like some Lay's
Hair description, sometimes
Like some perms
W·4+A·1+V·4+Y·4 = 13 pts
wawl (10 points)
To cry like a cat
W·4+A·1+W·4+L·1 = 10 pts
waws (10 points)
Waw
W·4+A·1+W·4+S·1 = 10 pts
waxy (17 points)
Like fruit in a still-life setup, maybe
Like a shined floor, perhaps
Like clean floors, perhaps
W·4+A·1+X·8+Y·4 = 17 pts
ways (10 points)
Methods used to get west at sea, say
Wife say refined manners
What Mrs. Browning counted
W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 10 pts
weak (11 points)
Needing help to walk, say
Frail from the flu, say
That dis was awful!
W·4+E·1+A·1+K·5 = 11 pts
weal (7 points)
Streak left by blow of stick or whip
Mark left by whip
1968 live folk album
W·4+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 7 pts
wean (7 points)
Get off the bottle (wordplay)
Make independent, maybe
Cut off (from)
W·4+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 7 pts
wear (7 points)
Time's sign (wordplay)
Flower to put in buttonhole (wordplay)
Show on the river (wordplay)
W·4+E·1+A·1+R·1 = 7 pts
weka (11 points)
N. Z. bird
New Zealand bird
New Zealand marsh hen
W·4+E·1+K·5+A·1 = 11 pts
wham (12 points)
Just like that!
Big bang sound (wordplay)
80's band (with !)
W·4+H·4+A·1+M·3 = 12 pts
whap (12 points)
Hit (on the head)
Sound of a smack
Fly-swatting sound
W·4+H·4+A·1+P·3 = 12 pts
what (10 points)
Say again (wordplay)
Engineer, did you say? Please repeat!
Can you say that again (wordplay)
W·4+H·4+A·1+T·1 = 10 pts
whoa (10 points)
What did you just say?!?!
Horse's halter (wordplay)
Just a minute!
W·4+H·4+O·1+A·1 = 10 pts
woad (8 points)
Dye plant (or Fudd's way home?)
Herb or blue dye
Blue dye used by early Britons.
W·4+O·1+A·1+D·2 = 8 pts
wrap (9 points)
Stop making a scene!
Stop filming to get sandwich (wordplay)
Prepare for Christmas, say
W·4+R·1+A·1+P·3 = 9 pts

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