Vegetables that start with W
12 vegetables, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 2 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.
- 2 Plankton
- 5 Too Clever
- 3 Schooler
- 1 Rare
- 1 Deep Cut
- 0 One in a Krillion
Rare but real
Names that are easy to defend and hard to guess. Good when you need an answer no one else will have.
- Winter cress
- Cress cultivated for winter salads.
- White turnip
- White root of a turnip plant.
- Wild spinach
- Leaves collected from the wild.
- Wax bean
- Snap beans with yellow pods.
All 12 vegetables that start with W
Sorted by search interest, most familiar first. The last column is average monthly US Google searches.
Showing all 12. Tap a name to copy it.
| Name | What it is | Group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Japanese plant of the family Cruciferae with a thick green root. | Cabbage family | Plankton | 201K | |
| Cresses that grow in clear ponds and streams. | Leafy greens | Plankton | 135K | |
| A plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits. | Other vegetables | Too Clever | 91K | |
| also Navy bean, Pea bean | White-seeded bean. | Beans & peas | Too Clever | 41K |
| Any of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several months. | Squash & pumpkins | Too Clever | 18K | |
| also Potato, Irish potato, Spud | An edible tuber native to South America. | Root vegetables | Too Clever | 12K |
| Long, mild white radish; another name for the daikon. | Cabbage family | Too Clever | 12K | |
| also Yellow bean | Snap beans with yellow pods. | Beans & peas | Schooler | 8.1K |
| also Lamb's-quarter, Pigweed | Leaves collected from the wild. | Leafy greens | Schooler | 2.4K |
| White root of a turnip plant. | Cabbage family | Schooler | 1.9K | |
| Cress cultivated for winter salads. | Leafy greens | Rare | 320 | |
| A squash with a hard rind and an elongated curved neck. | Squash & pumpkins | Deep Cut | 20 |
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Questions about vegetables that start with W
How many vegetables start with W?
RareList lists 12 vegetables that start with W. 2 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 2 are in the Rare tier or rarer.
What are common vegetables that start with W?
The most searched vegetables starting with W are Wasabi, Watercress, Water chestnut, White bean and Winter squash.
What is a rare vegetable that starts with W?
Winter crookneck squash is one of the rarest. A squash with a hard rind and an elongated curved neck. It gets about 20 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Winter cress, White turnip and Wild spinach.
How does RareList decide what counts as rare?
Each name is ranked by its average monthly Google searches in the United States. Fewer searches means fewer people are likely to think of it, which is what matters in games that reward unique answers. See how we rank for the details.