The 4 letter words with definitions, separated alphabetically.
Now updated for CSW24. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| waac | A member of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corp > WAACS. |
| waah | an interjection used to express wailing. |
| wabs | (Pl.) WAB, a web. |
| wack | Crazy > WACKER, WACKEST; an eccentric, mad, or crazy person; a crackpot > WACKS. |
| wadd | An earthy ore of manganese > WADDS. Also WAD, WADT. |
| wade | To walk through water > WADES, WADING, WADED. |
| wadi | (Arabic) the dry bed of a torrent; a river valley > WADIS. Also WADY. |
| wads | (3rd.) WAD, to form into a wad. |
| wadt | An earthy ore of manganese > WADTS. Also WAD, WADD. |
| wady | (Arabic) the dry bed of a torrent; a river valley > WADIES. Also WADI. |
| waes | (Pl.) WAE, woe. |
| waff | To bark > WAFFS, WAFFING, WAFFED. Also WAUGH. |
| waft | To carry lightly over air or water > WAFTS, WAFTING, WAFTED. |
| wage | To engage in or carry on > WAGES, WAGING, WAGED. |
| wags | (3rd.) WAG, to move from side to side. |
| waid | (Obs.) weighed. Also WAIDE. |
| waif | (Verb) to cast up as a waif > WAIFS, WAIFING, WAIFED. |
| wail | To utter a long, mournful cry > WAILS, WAILING, WAILED. |
| wain | A farm wagon; (verb, obs.) to carry, convey > WAINS, WAINING, WAINED. |
| wair | To spend > WAIRS, WAIRING, WAIRED. |
| wais | (Pl.) WAI, water. |
| wait | To stay in expectation of > WAITS, WAITING, WAITED. |
| waka | 1. (Japanese) a Japanese verse-form > WAKAS. 2. (Maori) a traditional Maori canoe, usu made of a hollowed tree trunk. |
| wake | To rouse from sleep > WAKES, WAKING, WAKED or WOKE, WOKEN. |
| wakf | (Arabic) the donation of land, property or money for charitable or pious purposes > WAKFS. Also WAQF. |
| wald | (Scots) = WELD, wild mignonette > WALDS. |
| wale | (Noun) a raised mark on the skin left by a blow. Also WEAL, WHEAL. (Verb) to choose > WALES, WALING, WALED. |
| wali | (Turkish) a governor, esp. of a vilayet > WALIS. Also VALI. |
| walk | To advance on foot > WALKS, WALKING, WALKED. |
| wall | To provide with a wall (an upright structure built to enclose an area) > WALLS, WALLING, WALLED. |
| waly | 1. (Scots) alas. |
| wame | (Obs.) womb > WAMES, WAMED. Also WEM, WEMB, WEAMB. |
| wand | A slender rod > WANDS. |
| wane | To decrease in size or extent > WANES, WANING, WANED. |
| wang | (Obs.) the cheek; a WANG tooth is a molar > WANGS. |
| wank | To masturbate > WANKS, WANKING, WANKED. |
| wans | (3rd.) WAN, to make wan. |
| want | To have a desire for > WANTS, WANTING, WANTED. |
| wany | Waning > WANIER, WANIEST. Also WANEY. |
| waps | (3rd.) WAP, to throw off quickly. |
| waqf | (Arabic) the donation of land, property or money for charitable or pious purposes > WAQFS. Also WAKF. |
| warb | (Aust. sl.) a dirty or insignificant person > WARBS. |
| ward | To turn aside > WARDS, WARDING, WARDED. |
| ware | (Verb) to beware of > WARES, WARING, WARED. |
| wark | (Scots) to work > WARKS, WARKING, WARKED. |
| warm | Moderately hot > WARMER, WARMEST; WARMLY; (verb) to make warm > WARMS, WARMING, WARMED. |
| warn | To make aware of impending or possible danger > WARNS, WARNING, WARNED. |
| warp | To turn or twist out of shape > WARPS, WARPING, WARPED. |
| wars | (3rd.) WAR, to make war. |
| wart | A small hard excrescence on the skin caused by a virus > WARTS, WARTED. |
| wary | Cautious > WARIER, WARIEST; WARILY. |
| wase | A small bundle of hay or straw for resting one's head > WASES. |
| wash | To cleanse by immersing in or applying a liquid > WASHES, WASHING, WASHED, (obs.) WASHEN. |
| wasm | an obsolete belief; an out-of-fashion 'ism' > WASMS. |
| wasp | Any of a large number of insects belonging to the order Hymenoptera > WASPS. |
| wast | (Obs.) waste > WASTS. |
| wate | (Scots) 3rd pers. of WIT, to know. |
| wats | (Pl.) WAT, a Buddhist temple. |
| watt | The SI unit of power, equal to a rate of working of one joule per second > WATTS. |
| wauk | To full (cloth) > WAUKS, WAUKING, WAUKED. Also WAULK. |
| waul | To cry like a cat > WAULS, WAULING, WAULED. Also WAWL. |
| waur | (Scots) to defeat, to worst > WAURS, WAURING, WAURED. |
| wave | To move freely back and forth or up and down > WAVES, WAVING, WAVED. |
| wavy | Wave-shaped > WAVIER, WAVIEST; WAVILY; (noun) (Am. Ind) the snow-goose > WAVIES. [Cree]. Also WAVEY. |
| wawa | (Am. Ind.) to speak > WAWAS, WAWAING, WAWAED. [Chinook]. |
| wawe | (Spenser) a wave > WAWES. |
| wawl | To cry like a cat > WAWLS, WAWLING, WAWLED. Also WAUL. |
| waws | (Pl.) WAW, a Hebrew letter. |
| waxy | Like wax > WAXIER, WAXIEST; WAXILY. |
| ways | (3rd.) WAY, to weigh, esteem. |
| wazz | (Dial.) to urinate > WAZZES, WAZZING, WAZZED. |
| weak | Feeble > WEAKER, WEAKEST; WEAKLY. |
| weal | A ridge on the skin formed by a blow > WEALS. Also WALE, WHEAL. |
| wean | To withhold mother's milk from and substitute other nourishment > WEANS, WEANING, WEANED. |
| wear | To turn a ship's stern to windward to alter its course > WEARS, WEARING, WEARED; to put on clothes > WEARS, WEARING, WORE, WORN. |
| webs | (3rd.) WEB, to envelop with a web. |
| weds | (3rd.) WED, to marry. |
| weed | To remove weeds (undesirable plants) > WEEDS, WEEDING, WEEDED. |
| week | A period of seven days > WEEKS. |
| weel | A whirlpool; a fish-trap > WEELS. Also WEIL, WIEL. |
| weem | (Gaelic) a subterranean dwelling > WEEMS. [Gaelic uaim, cave]. |
| ween | To think; to imagine > WEENS, WEENING, WEENED. |
| weep | To express sorrow by shedding tears > WEEPS, WEEPING, WEPT. |
| weer | (Comp.) WEE, small. |
| wees | (3rd.) WEE, to urinate. |
| weet | (Verb) to know > WOT, WOTS, WOTTETH, WEETING, WEETED. Also WEETE, WYTE, WIT. (Adj.) wet > WEETER, WEETEST. |
| weft | (Verb) to form a weft > WEFTS, WEFTING, WEFTED. |
| weid | (Scots) any sudden illness, cold or relapse with febrile symptoms > WEIDS. |
| weil | A whirlpool > WEILS. Also WEEL, WIEL. |
| weir | A low dam that is built across a river to raise the water level, divert the water, or control its flow; (verb) to wear > WEIRS, WEIRING, WEIRED. |
| weka | (Maori) a flightless rail of New Zealand > WEKAS. |
| weld | A scentless species of MIGNONETTE, yielding a yellow dye. Also WALD. (Verb) to join two pieces of metal by fusing > WELDS, WELDING, WELDED. |
| welk | (Obs.) to wither or shrivel > WELKS, WELKING, WELKED. |
| well | To rise to the surface and flow forth > WELLS, WELLING, WELLED. |
| welp | (conj) an expression used to preface a remark or full time. |
| wels | Ger.) a large fish, the American giant catfish, introduced into European rivers, aka sheatfish > WELS. |
| welt | (Verb) to lash, beat > WELTS, WELTING, WELTED. |
| wemb | (Obs.) womb > WEMBS. Also WEM, WAME, WEAMB. |
| wems | (Pl.) WEM, womb. |
| wena | (S. Afr.) you. |
| wend | To turn, to betake oneself > WENDS, WENDING, WENDED. |
| wens | (Pl.) WEN, a sebaceous cyst. |
| went | (Noun) (Spenser) a path, a journey > WENTS. |
| wept | (Pt.) WEEP, to shed tears. |
| were | (Pt.) BE. |
| wero | (Maori) a challenge made by an armed Maori warrior to a visitor to a MARAE > WEROS. |
| wert | (Pt.) BE. |
| west | (Verb) to move towards the west > WESTS, WESTING, WESTED. |
| weta | (Maori) a large New Zealand grasshopper > WETAS. |
| wets | (3rd.) WET, to make wet. |
| wexe | (Obs.) = WEX, waxed, grew. |
| weys | (Pl.) WEY, a measure of dry goods. |
| whae | (Scots) who. Also WHA. |
| wham | To crash or bang into > WHAMS, WHAMMING, WHAMMED. |
| whap | To beat > WHAPS, WHAPPING, WHAPPED. Also WHOP. |
| what | The true nature of something > WHATS. |
| whee | An expression of delight. No -S. |
| when | The time in which something is done or occurs > WHENS. |
| whet | To sharpen by friction > WHETS, WHETTING, WHETTED. |
| whew | (Verb) to say whew > WHEWS, WHEWING, WHEWED. |
| whey | The watery part of milk which remains after the formation of curds > WHEYS. |
| whid | (Scots) to move quickly, whiz > WHIDS, WHIDDING, WHIDDED. Cf. WHIDDER. |
| whig | (Scots) to jog along > WHIGS, WHIGGING, WHIGGED. |
| whim | (Verb) to be whimsical; to turn > WHIMS, WHIMMING, WHIMMED. |
| whin | Gorse, furze > WHINS. |
| whio | (Maori) a New Zealand mountain duck with blue plumage > WHIO. No -S. |
| whip | To beat with a whip > WHIPS, WHIPPING, WHIPPED or WHIPT. |
| whir | To make a continuous rapid buzzing or softly clicking sound > WHIRS, WHIRRING, WHIRRED. Also WHIRR. |
| whit | The smallest particle imaginable > WHITS. |
| whiz | To fly through the air with or as if with a whistling noise > WHIZZES, WHIZZING, WHIZZED. |
| whoa | Stop, esp. to a horse. |
| whom | The objective case of WHO. |
| whop | To beat > WHOPS, WHOPPING, WHOPPED. Also WHAP. |
| whot | (Spenser) hot. |
| whow | (Scots) interjection expressing deploration. |
| whup | (Coll.) to defeat totally > WHUPS, WHUPPING, WHUPPED. |
| whys | (Pl.) WHY, the reason or cause of something. |
| wice | (Scots) wise. |
| wich | A tree with pliant branches, as in wych elm > WICHES. Also WYCH. |
| wick | A bundle of loosely twisted fibers in a candle or oil lamp > WICKS. |
| wide | Broad > WIDER, WIDEST; WIDELY; (noun) a wide ball in cricket > WIDES. |
| wiel | A whirlpool > WIELS. Also WEIL, WEEL. |
| wife | (Verb) to take to wife > WIFES, WIFING, WIFED. |
| wigs | (3rd.) WIG, to scold. |
| wiki | A collaborative web site that allows users to add, edit, and delete the site's content > WIKIS. |
| wild | Not tame > WILDER, WILDEST; WILDLY; (verb) obs. form of WIELD > WILDS, WILDING, WILDED. |
| wile | (Verb) to beguile, inveigle > WILES, WILING, WILED. Also WYLE. |
| wili | In the ballet Giselle, the spirit of a girl who dies before her wedding day > WILIS. |
| will | To decide upon > WILLS, WILLING; WILLED; used as an auxiliary followed by a simple infinitive to express futurity, inclination, likelihood, or requirement > past sing. 2nd person WOULD, WOULDEST, or WOULDST. |
| wilt | To become limp > WILTS, WILTING, WILTED. |
| wily | Crafty > WILIER, WILIEST; WILILY. |
| wimp | An ineffectual or pusillanimous person; (verb) to behave like a wimp > WIMPS, WIMPING, WIMPED. |
| wind | To pass around an object or fixed center > WINDS, WINDING, WINDED or WOUND. |
| wine | An alcoholic drink produced by the fermentation of grapes with water and sugar; (verb) to take wine > WINES, WINING, WINED. |
| wing | To travel by means of wings (organs of flight) > WINGS, WINGING, WINGED. |
| wink | To close and open one eye quickly > WINKS, WINKING, WINKED. |
| winn | (Sl.) a penny > WINNS. |
| wino | (Sl.) an alcoholic > WINOS or WINOES. |
| wins | (3rd.) WIN, to gain. |
| winy | Like or tasting of wine > WINIER, WINIEST. Also WINEY. |
| wipe | To rub lightly in order to clean or dry > WIPES, WIPING, WIPED. |
| wire | To fasten with wire (a slender rod, strand, or thread of ductile metal) > WIRES, WIRING, WIRED. |
| wiry | Thin and tough > WIRIER, WIRIEST; WIRILY. |
| wise | Intelligent > WISER, WISEST; WISELY; (Scots) to guide in a certain direction > WISES, WISING, WISED. Also WEISE, WEIZE. |
| wish | To feel an impulse toward attainment or possession of something > WISHES, WISHING, WISHED. |
| wisp | (Verb) to make into a wisp > WISPS, WISPING, WISPED. |
| wiss | To wish > WISSES, WISSING, WISSED. |
| wist | (Arch.) to know > WISTS, WISTING, WISTED. |
| wite | (Scots) to blame, lay the blame on > WITES, WITING, WITED. Also WIGHT, WYTE. |
| with | In the company of; (noun) a partition between chimney flues > WITHS. |
| wits | (3rd.) WIT, to know. |
| wive | To take for a wife; to become the wife of > WIVES, WIVING, WIVED. |
| woad | A broad-leafed plant yielding a blue dye > WOADS, WOADED. |
| woah | a call to stop, esp. to a horse. |
| wock | (Chinese) a pan used in Chinese cookery > WOCKS. [Cantonese wohk, pan]. Also WOK. |
| woes | (Pl.) WOE, grief, sadness. |
| wofs | (Pl.) WOF, a fool, idiot. |
| woke | (Pt.) WAKE, to rouse from sleep. |
| woks | (Pl.) WOK, a pan used in Chinese cookery. |
| wold | An open tract of country > WOLDS. |
| wolf | A predatory canine mammal, Canis lupus > WOLVES; (verb) to eat greedily > WOLFS, WOLFING, WOLFED. |
| womb | (Shakesp.) to enclose > WOMBS, WOMBING, WOMBED. |
| wonk | An expert who studies a subject or issue thoroughly and excessively > WONKS. |
| wons | (3rd.) WON, to abide, dwell. |
| wont | To be accustomed to > WONTS, WONTING, WONTED. |
| wood | (Verb) to cover with woods or trees > WOODS, WOODING, WOODED. |
| woof | (Verb) to bark > WOOFS, WOOFING, WOOFED. |
| wool | The dense, soft hair forming the coat of certain mammals > WOOLS, WOOLED, WOOLLED. |
| woon | (Spenser) to dwell > WOONS, WOONING, WOONED. Cf. WON. |
| woos | (3rd.) WOO, to court. |
| woot | (Shakesp.) wilt (thou). |
| wops | (3rd.) WOP, to beat, whop. |
| word | To express in words (speech sounds that communicate meaning) > WORDS, WORDING, WORDED. |
| wore | (Pt.) WEAR, to turn a ship's stern to windward to alter its course. |
| work | To exert one's powers of body or mind for some purpose > WORKS, WORKING, WORKED or WROUGHT. |
| worm | To rid of worms (small, limbless invertebrates) > WORMS, WORMING, WORMED. |
| worn | Affected by wear or use. |
| wort | Any herb or vegetable; an infusion of malt before fermentation > WORTS. |
| wost | (Arch.) 2nd. pers. sing. pres. of WIT, to know. |
| wots | (3rd.) WOT, to know. |
| wove | (Pt.) WEAVE, to form by interlacing threads. |
| wowf | (Scots) crazy > WOWFER, WOWFEST. |
| wows | (3rd.) WOW, to impress. |
| wrap | To enclose in something wound or folded about > WRAPS, WRAPPING, WRAPPED or WRAPT. |
| wren | A small songbird > WRENS. |
| writ | A legal or financial document > WRITS. |
| wuds | (Pl.) WUD, wood. |
| wudu | (Arabic) ritual washing before the daily prayer > WUDUS. |
| wull | (Spenser) to will > WULLS, WULLING, WULLED. |
| wuss | A wimp > WUSSES. Also WOOSE. |
| wych | A tree with pliant branches, as in wych elm > WYCHES. Also WICH. |
| wyes | (Pl.) WYE, the letter Y, or anything shaped like it. |
| wyle | To beguile > WYLES, WYLING, WYLED. Also WILE. |
| wynd | A narrow street or lane > WYNDS. |
| wynn | A rune having the value of modern English W > WYNNS. Also WYN. |
| wyns | (Pl.) WYN, a rune, having the value of modern English W. |
| wyte | (Scots) to blame, lay the blame on > WYTES, WYTING, WYTED. Also WITE, WIGHT. |