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"W" /w/ – Voiced Labio-Velar Approximant  - by syllable & position → Download /w/ Word List (PDF)

Words with the /w/ sound in the initial position

One syllable words:

• wake, warn, worn, wade, wear, where, wield, wok, walk, wall, we, wet, ways, want, wing, wore, war, weep, wound, weigh, way, work, wait, weight, wheat, wax, wick, whack, wag, womb, weed, weak, week, weird, wed, wind, well, welt, wend, went, wide, west, wig, will, word, white, wink, wand, wail, wale, would, wage, wow, why, waive, wave, wool, woof, one, won, wine, wise, wild, win, web, what, woke, whoop, whirl, when, wimple, wish, whisk, wipe, weir, we’re, worth, we’ve, wheal, wheel, works, worst, were, worm, with, wilt, watch, wife, winch, witch, which, wash, worse, waste, waist, was, warm, wiz, waif, wade, width, whir, wolf

Two syllable words:

• white sauce, workbench, wheelchair, white hair, windshield, waiter, wheeler, weaver, wishbone, watching, wedding, warning, swans weep, Wednesday, weekday, workday, wafer, worksheet, waffle, wash hand, wood screw, white cat, wardrobe, washroom, weaken, whipped cream, wide screen, willow, weekend, windmill, winker, wizard, wire, blue whale, worry, board wood, oneself, steel wool, wires, no one, Willie, wind chimes, within, warship, witty, washcloth, walnut, white oak, whirlpool, whacker, wicket, wispy, weren’t, water, wiper, winner, winter, washer, walker, witchcraft, wagon, weary, weighty, weather, wider, wood pulp, workforce, wildlife, women, wooly, whiner, winkle, waxy, wager, wall shelves, whistle, whiny, winey, warmer, wonder, waitress, wallet, weapon, windsurf, whisker, whisper, werewolf, woman, worker, wither, whippy

Three or more syllable words:

• wedding cake, wire brad, wavy hair, electric wheelchair, waterfall, walkie-talkie, watermark, wheelbarrow, wallpaper, town with map, waste basket, winter hat, bay window, dormer window, casement window, broken window, once a week, once a week, whipping cream, wolverine, white potato, winter cherry, orca whale, Whack-a-Mole, waterproof, wire cutter, window frame, wildflower, watchtower, wedding dress, white chocolate, wire stripper, spider web, watercolor, y chromosome, washing machine, windshield wiper, windshield wiper, disinfectant wipes, waterwheel, steering wheel, cold weather, water front, watermelon, one hundred, one trillion, wallaby, washing-up liquid, water kier, water polo, weight lifter, wilderness, whirligig, woodpecker, woodworker, childcare worker, West Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Words with the /w/ sound in the middle

One syllable words:

• sworn, quote, square, squawk, sweat, swing, quit, sweep, sway, sweet, tweet, quick, swoon, clew, swan, queen, swell, dwell, quell, quest, squid, swig, twig, swill, twill, quite, swab, quail, squeeze, squad, swap, swine, twine, coif, twin, twins, swam, swoop, swirl, twirl, swerve, dwarf, twice, swipe, twist, squirm, quilt, swim, switch, twitch, squash, swarm, quince, quiz, squeak, swamp, swathe, twelve

Two syllable words:

• awake, sleepwear, flatware, neckwear, sidewalk, sweat shirt, sweet pea, always, croissant, swinging, swimming, sweeping, sweating, swatting, swans weep, airway, archway, away, freeway, halfway, hallway, highway, midway, Norway, parkway, pathway, railway, runway, stairway, subway, driveway, artwork, swim mask, await, trowel, earwax, toward, toward, backward, quaker, quicksand, quinoa, turquoise, jaguar, swimsuit, ragweed, cuisine, between, frequent, crossword, twitter, twister, choir, greenwood, redwood, plywood, Swiss cheese, Tramway, clockwise, cough quaff, cobweb, somewhat, crawler, quarrel, sweater, swatter, gunwale, pinwheel, equal, sequel, fireworks, swallow, forward, squeezer, bookworm, earthworm, swimmer, glowworm, sweetie, quiet, wristwatch, stopwatch, housewife, midwife, inchworm, sandwich, kiwi, language, liquid, twenty, swami, mouthwash, Quebec, penguin, dweller, sweatband, quarter, question, kickshaw, swinger, twinkle, squeegee, squirrel, swollen, tweezers, werewolf, quota

Three or more syllable words:

• equation, underwear, anywhere, Delaware, Tupperware, twenty-five, twenty-three, Hawaii, equator, twenty-four, aquarium, bird-watcher, question mark, quotation mark, kilowatt, megawatt, twenty-eight, graduate (vb), Caraway, twenty-two, twenty-two, sweet potato, bilingual, monolingual, firewood, zebrawood, equinox, microwave, twenty-one, thirty-one, forty-one, fifty-one, sixty-one, seventy-one, eighty-one, ninety-one, anyone, everyone, subway station, graduation, twenty-nine, liquid soap, consequence, inconsequence, swimming pool, Hawaiian, underwater, fly swatter, dishwasher, waterwheel, twenty-seven, unequal, equipment, extinguisher, twenty-six, straightforward, linguine, marijuana, iguana, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, sweet relish, Saskatchewan, Iowa, two-wheeler, ventriloquist, visual, washing-up liquid, policewoman, woodworker

Words with the /w/ sound at the end

One syllable words:

• None

Two syllable words:

• None

Three or more syllable words:

• None