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Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic and Logographic
Unicode value	U+0057, U+0077
Alphabetical position	23
History
Development	Υ υ 𐌖 Y V W w; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Time period	~600 to present
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The Latin alphabet
	Aa	Bb	Cc	Dd
Ee	Ff	Gg	Hh	Ii	Jj
Kk	Ll	Mm	Nn	Oo	Pp
Qq	Rr	Ss	Tt	Uu	Vv
	Ww	Xx	Yy	Zz

W is the twenty-third (number 23) letter in the Latin alphabet. It is pronounced as "double-(you/yoo)"^{[note 1]} or "double-vee". It is the only letter with three syllables.

In words like away, what, write and women, the W is a consonant. In words like draw, few, low and cwm, the W is a vowel.

Meanings for W

On calendars, W is most times a short letter for Wednesday.
In chemistry, W is the symbol for tungsten, after its German name, Wolfram.
In news story writing, the "five W's" are who, what, when, where and why.
In Electricity, W stands for watts
In particle physics, W stands for the W boson. Some words sound as if they start with an R, but they start with a silent W, like wrong, and wreck, which is why you never hear the W at the beginning of these words, as you can see. Note that only the R sound can be heard, because it comes after the silent W starting the words.

Notes

↑ Pronounced /ˈdʌbəl.juː, ˈdʌb(ə)juː, -jə/

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[1] Pronounced /ˈdʌbəl.juː, ˈdʌb(ə)juː, -jə/

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-'''W means when you get a win, you get the W. If you lose, you get the L.''' is the twenty-third (number [[23]]) [[letter]] in the [[Latin script|Latin]] [[alphabet]]. It is pronounced as "double-(you/yoo)"<ref group="note">Pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ʌ|b|əl|.|j|uː|,_|ˈ|d|ʌ|b|(|ə|)|j|uː|,_|-|j|ə}}</ref> or "double-vee". It is the only letter with three syllables.
+'''W''' is the twenty-third (number [[23]]) [[letter]] in the [[Latin script|Latin]] [[alphabet]]. It is pronounced as "double-(you/yoo)"<ref group="note">Pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ʌ|b|əl|.|j|uː|,_|ˈ|d|ʌ|b|(|ə|)|j|uː|,_|-|j|ə}}</ref> or "double-vee". It is the only letter with three syllables.
 In words like ''away'', ''what'', ''write'' and ''women'', the W is a [[consonant]]. In words like ''draw'', ''few'', ''low'' and ''cwm'', the W is a [[vowel]].