How do you sign the letter W in BSL?

Name: How do you sign the letter W in BSL?
Uploaded: 2026-08-07T06:39:03.188576+00:00
Description: Open both hands, palms facing each other, and interlace the fingers of one hand between the fingers of the other. No movement. W is the 23rd letter of the two-handed BSL alphabet.

Open both hands, palms facing each other, and interlace the fingers of one hand between the fingers of the other. No movement. W is the 23rd letter of the two-handed BSL alphabet.

The sign, demonstrated on video by a Deaf teacher.

W is the two hands woven together — the zigzag of the letter. Keep the fingers straight as they interlace.

You will fingerspell W in names like William, Willow and Wyatt and places like Wolverhampton, Wakefield and Windsor. Practise it next to V and X, its neighbours in the alphabet.

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