Well, it’s time for W. Crossword Clues starting with W is our mini episode for the Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast.
There are loads of similar Crossword Clues episodes on the site. Go forth and listen!
Book of the Week
The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between
“From the casually curious to etymology junkies (or anyone who’s ever halted a conversation to search the internet for the origin of a word) this book will have something for everyone.” —William C. Fox of the YouTube channel “Exploring History”
#1 Best Seller in Popular Culture, Puzzles & Games, Curiosities & Wonders, Fun Facts, Questions & Answers, Trivia, and Slang & Word Lists
From Patrick Foote and his popular YouTube channel “Name Explain”, comes a book for trivia fans that explains the name meanings of a multitude of things. From toys and animals to countries and cities to planets in our solar system, learn the etymology of words in a fun and entertaining way.
Explore the world of names. What is something that literally everything in existence has in common? It all has a name! With The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between, you can learn the origins of a multitude of names.
Learn new things. Why is New York called New York? The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between has the answer for you. While author Patrick Foote doesn’t claim to know everything, he has garnered a lot of knowledge about language over the years and he’s excited to get to share it with you in The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between.
Episode Transcript/Quiz
Episode Introduction
Where are we in the alphabet? Why…we’re at W. Wow…only three letters after this. I’m going to have to start getting creative.
Like the other 22 episodes like this, I’ll give you the number of letters and a clue. You tell me the word that starts with W.
Wunderbar. Let’s go.
Crossword Clues Starting with W Trivia Questions
- Three letters. The last W in WWW
a. Web - Four letters. Harry Potter’s is made of holly and phoenix feather
a. Wand - Five letters. A ballroom dance
a. Waltz - Six letters. A type of tree or 1988 fantasy film by Ron Howard
a. Willow - Seven letters. Monday through Friday
a. Weekday - Eight letters. Don Quixote thought it was a dragon
a. Windmill - Nine letters. What you’d put on an image to copyright it
a. Watermark - Ten letters. The glass you look through while driving.
a. I’ll take windshield or windscreen - Eleven letters. Something you’d use to haul dirt and rocks around while doing yardwork.
a. Wheelbarrow - Thirteen letters. A resident of the 42nd state or the US capitol.
a. Washingtonian
Episode Conclusion
And we are done with W. What was your score? Fun fact, the W gets its name from the old Latin alphabet where the modern V was a U. Later Germanic writings needed a distinctive letter for the W’s sound, so they literally wrote two Us (or two Vs to modern English). Hence the name, Double-U.
And now that’s something you know. Congrats. I’ll see you back here on Wednesday for more wackiness.
This has been the Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast. You can learn more about the podcast at DorkyGeekyNerdy.com.
You can support the show and get ad-free episodes at Patreon.com/dorkygeekynerdy.
The show was written, produced, and hosted by me, Brian Rollins. If you’re into audiobooks or want to turn your book into an audiobook, contact me at TheVoicesInMyHead.com.
This podcast is copyright by Brian Rollins. All rights reserved.
Thanks for listening.
Hosted & Written by Brian Rollins
Music by Jason Shaw
This podcast is copyright Brian Rollins. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to redistribute but not to be altered or used for AI training.
