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11 Letter Words Starting With W

There are 665 valid 11 letter words that start with W, drawn from NWL2023, CSW24, and Words With Friends. Sorted below by score, with the single highest scorer called out.

Highest Scoring 11-Letter Words

US Scrabble (NWL)

wafermaking - 24 points

UK Scrabble (CSW)

wafermaking - 24 points

Words With Friends

wafermaking - 27 points

11 Letter Words (665)

View all words starting with W

Top 20 Highest-Scoring 11 Letter Words Starting With w

Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 665 word list is 62.0 combined points.

Rank Word US Scrabble UK Scrabble WWF Points Total
#1 wackinesses 20 20 22 62
#2 waferboards 20 20 21 61
🏆 #3 wafermaking 24 24 27 75
#4 wageworkers 22 22 23 67
#5 wageworking 23 23 26 72
#6 waggishness 19 19 21 59
#7 waggonettes 16 16 19 51
#8 waggonloads 17 17 21 55
#9 waggonsmith 21 21 24 66
#10 wagneresque 24 24 27 75
#11 wagonmaking 22 22 27 71
#12 wagonwayman 23 23 26 72
#13 wagonwright 22 22 24 68
#14 waiilatpuan 16 16 20 52
#15 wainscoting 17 17 21 55
#16 wainscotted 17 17 19 53
#17 wainwrights 21 21 22 64
#18 waistcloths 19 19 20 58
#19 waistcoated 17 17 18 52
#20 waiterhoods 18 18 17 53

Where 11 Letter Words Fit on the Board

At 11 letters, a word almost always uses your entire rack plus tiles already on the board these are realistically bingo-adjacent plays rather than everyday moves, which is why the list leans heavily on compound and suffixed forms (-nesses, -ation, -izing). If you're looking for words you can play more often, shorter lengths starting with W will give you far more flexible options try 11 letter words starting with W for a more practical middle ground.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the highest-scoring 11 letter word starting with w?

wafermaking — worth 75 combined points (US Scrabble: 24, UK Scrabble: 24, Words With Friends: 27).

How many 11 letter words start with w?

665 valid words, combining entries from NWL2023, CSW24, and the Words With Friends dictionary.

Are 11 letter words realistic to actually play?

Only occasionally — you'd need most of your rack plus letters already on the board to reach 11 tiles. They're worth knowing for the rare bingo-extension play, but for regular turns, shorter w words will come up far more often.