--- title: "BIP39 Words Starting with W — 69 Mnemonic Seed Phrase Words" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-words/w/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- # BIP39 Words Starting with W (69 words) The 69 BIP39 words that start with W run from #1970 [wage](/bip39-word/wage/) to #2038 [wrong](/bip39-word/wrong/) in the English wordlist: indexes 1969 to 2037, or **11110110001** to **11111110101** in binary. That is 3.4% of the 2048 words, the 14th-largest of the 25 letter groups. Word length goes from 3 letters ([way](/bip39-word/way/), [web](/bip39-word/web/) and 2 more) to 7 ([warfare](/bip39-word/warfare/), [warrior](/bip39-word/warrior/) and 7 more). 16 three-letter beginnings are shared by two or more words; the largest is **"win"**, with 7 words. The 49 words in these groups need their first four letters to be told apart, while 20 are identified by the first three. The short word [win](/bip39-word/win/) also begins longer ones, so a four-letter backup keeps it whole. 44 of the 69 words have look-alikes one letter away, such as [wage](/bip39-word/wage/) and [wave](/bip39-word/wave/). Some words sound identical: [wear](/bip39-word/wear/) and [where](/bip39-word/where/) (/weə/), [write](/bip39-word/write/) and [right](/bip39-word/right/) (/raɪt/). Read aloud, 140 pairs differ by a single sound, for example [wage](/bip39-word/wage/) and [wait](/bip39-word/wait/). One spelling is shared with the [French BIP39 list](/french/), at a different index: [wagon](/bip39-word/wagon/). Ten of the words appear in the official BIP39 test vectors, among them [warm](/bip39-word/warm/) and [warrior](/bip39-word/warrior/). ## All 69 BIP39 words starting with W | # | Word | Binary | IPA | Prefix | | ---- | ------------------------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------ | | 1970 | [wage](/bip39-word/wage/) | 11110110001 | /weɪʤ/ | wage | | 1971 | [wagon](/bip39-word/wagon/) | 11110110010 | /ˈwægən/ | wago | | 1972 | [wait](/bip39-word/wait/) | 11110110011 | /weɪt/ | wait | | 1973 | [walk](/bip39-word/walk/) | 11110110100 | /wɔːk/ | walk | | 1974 | [wall](/bip39-word/wall/) | 11110110101 | /wɔːl/ | wall | | 1975 | [walnut](/bip39-word/walnut/) | 11110110110 | /ˈwɔːlnʌt/ | waln | | 1976 | [want](/bip39-word/want/) | 11110110111 | /wɒnt/ | want | | 1977 | [warfare](/bip39-word/warfare/) | 11110111000 | /ˈwɔːfeə/ | warf | | 1978 | [warm](/bip39-word/warm/) | 11110111001 | /wɔːm/ | warm | | 1979 | [warrior](/bip39-word/warrior/) | 11110111010 | /ˈwɒrɪə/ | warr | | 1980 | [wash](/bip39-word/wash/) | 11110111011 | /wɒʃ/ | wash | | 1981 | [wasp](/bip39-word/wasp/) | 11110111100 | /wɒsp/ | wasp | | 1982 | [waste](/bip39-word/waste/) | 11110111101 | /weɪst/ | wast | | 1983 | [water](/bip39-word/water/) | 11110111110 | /ˈwɔːtə/ | wate | | 1984 | [wave](/bip39-word/wave/) | 11110111111 | /weɪv/ | wave | | 1985 | [way](/bip39-word/way/) | 11111000000 | /weɪ/ | way | | 1986 | [wealth](/bip39-word/wealth/) | 11111000001 | /wɛlθ/ | weal | | 1987 | [weapon](/bip39-word/weapon/) | 11111000010 | /ˈwɛpən/ | weap | | 1988 | [wear](/bip39-word/wear/) | 11111000011 | /weə/ | wear | | 1989 | [weasel](/bip39-word/weasel/) | 11111000100 | /ˈwiːzᵊl/ | weas | | 1990 | [weather](/bip39-word/weather/) | 11111000101 | /ˈwɛðə/ | weat | | 1991 | [web](/bip39-word/web/) | 11111000110 | /wɛb/ | web | | 1992 | [wedding](/bip39-word/wedding/) | 11111000111 | /ˈwɛdɪŋ/ | wedd | | 1993 | [weekend](/bip39-word/weekend/) | 11111001000 | /ˈwiːkˈɛnd/ | week | | 1994 | [weird](/bip39-word/weird/) | 11111001001 | /wɪəd/ | weir | | 1995 | [welcome](/bip39-word/welcome/) | 11111001010 | /ˈwɛlkəm/ | welc | | 1996 | [west](/bip39-word/west/) | 11111001011 | /wɛst/ | west | | 1997 | [wet](/bip39-word/wet/) | 11111001100 | /wɛt/ | wet | | 1998 | [whale](/bip39-word/whale/) | 11111001101 | /weɪl/ | whal | | 1999 | [what](/bip39-word/what/) | 11111001110 | /wɒt/ | what | | 2000 | [wheat](/bip39-word/wheat/) | 11111001111 | /wiːt/ | whea | | 2001 | [wheel](/bip39-word/wheel/) | 11111010000 | /wiːl/ | whee | | 2002 | [when](/bip39-word/when/) | 11111010001 | /wɛn/ | when | | 2003 | [where](/bip39-word/where/) | 11111010010 | /weə/ | wher | | 2004 | [whip](/bip39-word/whip/) | 11111010011 | /wɪp/ | whip | | 2005 | [whisper](/bip39-word/whisper/) | 11111010100 | /ˈwɪspə/ | whis | | 2006 | [wide](/bip39-word/wide/) | 11111010101 | /waɪd/ | wide | | 2007 | [width](/bip39-word/width/) | 11111010110 | /wɪdθ/ | widt | | 2008 | [wife](/bip39-word/wife/) | 11111010111 | /waɪf/ | wife | | 2009 | [wild](/bip39-word/wild/) | 11111011000 | /waɪld/ | wild | | 2010 | [will](/bip39-word/will/) | 11111011001 | /wɪl/ | will | | 2011 | [win](/bip39-word/win/) | 11111011010 | /wɪn/ | win | | 2012 | [window](/bip39-word/window/) | 11111011011 | /ˈwɪndəʊ/ | wind | | 2013 | [wine](/bip39-word/wine/) | 11111011100 | /waɪn/ | wine | | 2014 | [wing](/bip39-word/wing/) | 11111011101 | /wɪŋ/ | wing | | 2015 | [wink](/bip39-word/wink/) | 11111011110 | /wɪŋk/ | wink | | 2016 | [winner](/bip39-word/winner/) | 11111011111 | /ˈwɪnə/ | winn | | 2017 | [winter](/bip39-word/winter/) | 11111100000 | /ˈwɪntə/ | wint | | 2018 | [wire](/bip39-word/wire/) | 11111100001 | /ˈwaɪə/ | wire | | 2019 | [wisdom](/bip39-word/wisdom/) | 11111100010 | /ˈwɪzdəm/ | wisd | | 2020 | [wise](/bip39-word/wise/) | 11111100011 | /waɪz/ | wise | | 2021 | [wish](/bip39-word/wish/) | 11111100100 | /wɪʃ/ | wish | | 2022 | [witness](/bip39-word/witness/) | 11111100101 | /ˈwɪtnɪs/ | witn | | 2023 | [wolf](/bip39-word/wolf/) | 11111100110 | /wʊlf/ | wolf | | 2024 | [woman](/bip39-word/woman/) | 11111100111 | /ˈwʊmən/ | woma | | 2025 | [wonder](/bip39-word/wonder/) | 11111101000 | /ˈwʌndə/ | wond | | 2026 | [wood](/bip39-word/wood/) | 11111101001 | /wʊd/ | wood | | 2027 | [wool](/bip39-word/wool/) | 11111101010 | /wʊl/ | wool | | 2028 | [word](/bip39-word/word/) | 11111101011 | /wɜːd/ | word | | 2029 | [work](/bip39-word/work/) | 11111101100 | /wɜːk/ | work | | 2030 | [world](/bip39-word/world/) | 11111101101 | /wɜːld/ | worl | | 2031 | [worry](/bip39-word/worry/) | 11111101110 | /ˈwʌri/ | worr | | 2032 | [worth](/bip39-word/worth/) | 11111101111 | /wɜːθ/ | wort | | 2033 | [wrap](/bip39-word/wrap/) | 11111110000 | /ræp/ | wrap | | 2034 | [wreck](/bip39-word/wreck/) | 11111110001 | /rɛk/ | wrec | | 2035 | [wrestle](/bip39-word/wrestle/) | 11111110010 | /ˈrɛsᵊl/ | wres | | 2036 | [wrist](/bip39-word/wrist/) | 11111110011 | /rɪst/ | wris | | 2037 | [write](/bip39-word/write/) | 11111110100 | /raɪt/ | writ | | 2038 | [wrong](/bip39-word/wrong/) | 11111110101 | /rɒŋ/ | wron | ## Similar-looking words to check These 105 pairs differ by one letter, with at least one word starting with W. Both words are valid, so a slip between them passes the word check and only the checksum can catch it. - [age](/bip39-word/age/) [wage](/bip39-word/wage/) - [all](/bip39-word/all/) [wall](/bip39-word/wall/) - [arm](/bip39-word/arm/) [warm](/bip39-word/warm/) - [away](/bip39-word/away/) [way](/bip39-word/way/) - [ball](/bip39-word/ball/) [wall](/bip39-word/wall/) - [best](/bip39-word/best/) [west](/bip39-word/west/) - [cage](/bip39-word/cage/) [wage](/bip39-word/wage/) - [call](/bip39-word/call/) [wall](/bip39-word/wall/) - [cash](/bip39-word/cash/) [wash](/bip39-word/wash/) - [cave](/bip39-word/cave/) [wave](/bip39-word/wave/) - [chat](/bip39-word/chat/) [what](/bip39-word/what/) - [cool](/bip39-word/cool/) [wool](/bip39-word/wool/) - [dash](/bip39-word/dash/) [wash](/bip39-word/wash/) - [day](/bip39-word/day/) [way](/bip39-word/way/) - [dinner](/bip39-word/dinner/) [winner](/bip39-word/winner/) - [dish](/bip39-word/dish/) [wish](/bip39-word/wish/) - [fall](/bip39-word/fall/) [wall](/bip39-word/wall/) - [farm](/bip39-word/farm/) [warm](/bip39-word/warm/) - [fine](/bip39-word/fine/) [wine](/bip39-word/wine/) - [fire](/bip39-word/fire/) [wire](/bip39-word/wire/) - [fish](/bip39-word/fish/) [wish](/bip39-word/wish/) - [fitness](/bip39-word/fitness/) [witness](/bip39-word/witness/) - [food](/bip39-word/food/) [wood](/bip39-word/wood/) - [fork](/bip39-word/fork/) [work](/bip39-word/work/) - [gasp](/bip39-word/gasp/) [wasp](/bip39-word/wasp/) - [good](/bip39-word/good/) [wood](/bip39-word/wood/) - [hat](/bip39-word/hat/) [what](/bip39-word/what/) - [have](/bip39-word/have/) [wave](/bip39-word/wave/) - [health](/bip39-word/health/) [wealth](/bip39-word/wealth/) - [hen](/bip39-word/hen/) [when](/bip39-word/when/) - [hill](/bip39-word/hill/) [will](/bip39-word/will/) - [hip](/bip39-word/hip/) [whip](/bip39-word/whip/) - [hire](/bip39-word/hire/) [wire](/bip39-word/wire/) - [hood](/bip39-word/hood/) [wood](/bip39-word/wood/) - [ill](/bip39-word/ill/) [will](/bip39-word/will/) - [inner](/bip39-word/inner/) [winner](/bip39-word/winner/) - 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