| Scots Words | Alt. Scots Words | English Meanings |
| Wa' | waw | |
| wa' | wall | |
| waa | waw | wall |
| wab | web+ weave | |
| wabbit | exhausted+ weak+ feeble | |
| wabble | wobble | |
| wabblie | wishy-washy+ thin | |
| wabster | weaver | |
| wad | would+ wed+ bet+ wager+ wedded | |
| wad | to wed. | |
| wad | would | |
| wad'a | would have | |
| waddin | wedding+ cotton wool | |
| Wadensday | Wednesday | |
| wadge | wedge | |
| wadna | wouldn't | |
| wadset | a mortgage | |
| wae | woe+ woeful+ sorrowful+ vexed | |
| wae | woful | |
| wae | wo; wae's me = wo is to me | |
| wae worth | wo befall | |
| wae's me | woe is me | |
| waerifu | troublesome+ annoying+ sad | |
| waesome | sorrowful+ causing sorrow | |
| waesucks | alas! | |
| waff | wave | |
| wagitie | pied wagtail | |
| wair | v. ware | |
| waird | guard | |
| wairm | werm | warm |
| wairn | warn | |
| walcome | welcome | |
| wale | choose+ choice | |
| wale | choice | |
| walie | wawlie | |
| walk | wauk+ waak | walk |
| wall | well | |
| wall girse | watercress | |
| wallae | wallie+ walla | wallow |
| wallie | porcelain+ china+ pleasant+ | |
| walloch | violent heavy movements | |
| wallop | to kick; to dangle; to gallop; to dance. | |
| walth | wealth | |
| walthie | wealthy | |
| waly fa' | ill befall! | |
| wame | womb+ belly | |
| wamefou | bellyful | |
| wan | won | |
| wan | one | |
| wanawnt | unclaimed | |
| wanchancie | unlucky | |
| wanchancie | dangerous | |
| wannd | wand+ stick+ rod | |
| wanndert | lost+ confused+ senile | |
| wanner | waunder | wander |
| wanrestfu' | restless | |
| wanshapen | deformed | |
| wansonsie | mischievous | |
| want | waant | need+ short of |
| wantin | short of / lacking | |
| wap | wrap+ fold | |
| wappin | wapin+ wappen | weapon |
| wappinshaw | wapinschaw | shooting competition |
| war | wur | were |
| war the | were there | |
| ware | spring (season) | |
| ware | kind of seaweed | |
| ware | spend money | |
| Ware | wair | |
| Ware | worn | |
| wark | work n. | |
| wark-lume | tool | |
| warks | works | |
| warl' | warld | |
| warl'y | warldly | |
| warld | world | |
| warldlike | normal in appearance | |
| warlock | a wizard | |
| warlock | wizard+ male witch | |
| warna | warny | weren't |
| warnish | warn | |
| warp+ warpin | weave+ weaving | |
| warran | warrant | |
| warse | worse | |
| warsh | tasteless | |
| warsle | warstle | wrestle+ struggle+ strive |
| warslin | struggling | |
| warst | worst | |
| wase | bundle or band of straw | |
| wash | waash | wash |
| washt | washed | |
| wast | west | |
| wastart | wastert | westward |
| wasteid | website | |
| waster | farther west | |
| wastmaist | westernmost | |
| wastrie | wasteful+ extravagant | |
| wat | wet | |
| wat | wot | |
| wat(en) | wetted |