| Acronym | Meaning |
 | WHO | World Health Organisation |
 | WHS | (U.S.) Washington Headquarters Services |
 | WI | Western Sahara (FIPS 10-4 Country Code) - Wisconsin (postal Symbol) |
 | WIA | Wounded In Action |
 | WIMP | Weakly Interacting Massive Particle - Windows |
 | WIN | T -Warfighter Information Network-Tactical |
 | WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
 | WIPP | [Nuclear] Waste Isolation Pilot Project |
 | WIYN | Wisconsin Indiana Yale NOAO Telescope Consortium |
 | WK | Wake Island (ISO 3166 Digram |
 | WKYP | Will Keep You Posted |
 | WL | Wehrmacht Luftwaffe (German WW2 Air Force Vehicle Licence Plate Code) |
 | WLB | Women's Land Brigade (WWII Canada) |
 | WLF | Wallis And Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 Trigram) |
 | WLN | Walloon Language (ISO 639-2 Code) |
 | WLOG | Without Loss Of Generality (see WOLOG) |
 | WM | Wehrmacht Marine (German WW2 Navy Vehicle Licence Plate Code) |
 | WMANUS | West Midlands Area National Union Of Students |
 | WMD | Weapon[s] Of Mass Destruction - World Movement For Democracy ? |
 | WMI | Wildlife Management Institute |
 | WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
 | WNA | World Nuclear Association |
 | WNF | Will Not Fix |
 | WNSD | What's New |
 | WNW | West North-West |
 | WO | Warrant Officer |
 | WO | Wolof Language (ISO 639-1 Code) |
 | WOL | Wolof Language (ISO 639-2 Code) |
 | WOLOG (OR WLOG) | WithOut Loss Of Generality |
 | WOM | Write Only Memory (a Joke From Stan Kelly-Bootle) |
 | WOS | Wilson Ornithological Society |
 | WOT | Waste Of Time |
 | WP | White Phosphorus (ammunition) |
 | WPB | War Production Board During World War II |
 | WPE | World Pork Expo |
 | WPK | Wider Peacekeeping |
 | WR | Wide Receiver (football) |
 | WRAC | Women's Royal Army Corps (WWII UK) |
 | WRAIR | Walter Reed Army Institute Of Research |
 | WRBWWRM | We Read Best What We Read Most |
 | WRC | World Rally Championship |
 | WRNS | Women's Royal Naval Service (WWII UK) (pronounced Wrens) |
 | WRS | Worldwide Reference System |
 | WRT | With Respect To |
 | WRT | Writer Response Theory |
 | WRT | World Rally Team |
 | WRT OR W/R/T | With Respect To Or With Regard To |
 | WRVS | Women's Royal Voluntary Service |
 | WS | Samoa (ISO 3166 And FIPS 10-4 Country Code Digram; From West Samoa) -Writer To The Signet (a Scottish Solicitor) |
 | WSC | Weapon System Catalogue |