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Worricker Trilogy
The Worricker Trilogy: Page Eight (2011), Turks & Caicos (2014), and Salting the Battlefield (2014), David Hare's BBC spy films starring Bill Nighy as MI5 analyst Johnny Worricker, who exposes the Prime Minister's knowledge of US rendition camps.
Worry beads
Worry beads, Greek komboloi (κομπολόι), are secular bead loops used in Greece and Cyprus for relaxation, with odd 4n+1 bead counts, papas head bead, tassel, amber or faturan beads, descended from the komboskini prayer rope.
Worry doll
Worry dolls, or muñecas quitapenas, are tiny handmade Guatemalan figures of likely Maya origin; users tell one worry to each doll, place it under the pillow at night, and the tradition says the doll takes the worry away.
Worshipful Company of Drapers
The Worshipful Company of Drapers, a Great Twelve livery company of the City of London ranked third in precedence, chartered by Edward III in 1364, incorporated 1438, holder of the 1439 arms grant, based at Drapers' Hall.
Worshipful Company of Weavers
The Worshipful Company of Weavers is the oldest City of London livery company, recorded in the 1130 Pipe Roll and chartered by Henry II around 1155; today it supports the UK textile industry and offender rehabilitation charities.
Worst Cooks in America
Worst Cooks in America is a Food Network reality cooking competition running since 2010, in which bad home cooks or celebrities train in a boot camp; defined by Anne Burrell's long hosting run and post-2025 seasons hosted by Jeff Mauro and Tiffany Derry.
Worst Cooks in America season 28
Worst Cooks in America season 28, Celebrity Edition: Heroes vs. Villains, Food Network, aired January 5 to February 2, 2025; ten reality stars, mentors Jeff Mauro and Antonia Lofaso, $25,000 charity prize, first season without Anne Burrell.
Worst Cooks in America season 29
Worst Cooks in America season 29, subtitled Talented & Terrible, is the July 28 to September 1, 2025 Food Network season co-hosted by Anne Burrell and Gabe Bertaccini, Burrell's final season before her June 17, 2025 death.
Worst Cooks in America season 30
Worst Cooks in America season 30, subtitled Reality Check, is a 2026 Food Network celebrity season mentored by Jeff Mauro and Tiffany Derry after Anne Burrell's death; Reza Farahan won the $25,000 charity prize.
Worst Ex Ever
Worst Ex Ever is a Blumhouse-produced Netflix true-crime docuseries and spin-off of Worst Roommate Ever, premiering August 14, 2024. Four stories per season about violent, deceptive partners; season 2 covers the Deadpool Killer and 90 Day Fiancé's Geoffrey Paschel.
Worst Girl in America
WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA (Worst Girl in America) is Slayyyter's third studio album, released March 27, 2026 on RECORDS/Columbia; an electroclash-electropop record that gave her her first Billboard number one.
Worst Girl in the World Tour
WOR$T GIRL IN THE WORLD TOUR, Slayyyter's fourth headline tour (2026), supporting WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA; July 26–November 5, 2026, all dates sold out, Missouri-home stage set, Wor$t Man in America companion album.
Worst Neighbor Ever
Worst Neighbor Ever is a 2026 Netflix true-crime docuseries, third in the Worst Ever franchise after Worst Roommate Ever and Worst Ex Ever. Four episodes cover deadly neighbor disputes, directed by Cynthia Childs for Blumhouse Television and ITV America.
Worst Roommate Ever
Worst Roommate Ever is a Netflix true-crime docuseries from Blumhouse Television and ITV America, premiering March 1, 2022, covering real cases of murderous, con-artist roommates across two seasons and spawning the Worst Ever franchise.
Worsted
Worsted: wool yarn and fabric spun from combed, parallel long-staple fibers, giving smooth, strong, tightly twisted yarn and hard-finished cloth; named for Worstead, Norfolk; the combed counterpart to carded woolen, used for suiting and fine knitwear.
Wort
Wort: (1) the sugary malt-extract liquid, 80-90% water, that yeast ferments into beer, made by mashing and boiled with hops; (2) an archaic Old English word (wyrt) for plant or herb surviving in names like St. John's wort and mugwort. Also German Wort (word).
Worth (film)
Worth (2021) is a Sara Colangelo drama starring Michael Keaton as Kenneth Feinberg, Special Master of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, based on Feinberg's memoir What Is Life Worth, released by Netflix September 3, 2021.
Worth It
Worth It is BuzzFeed's food web series (2016–2023) in which Steven Lim, Andrew Ilnyckyj, and Adam Bianchi taste the same dish at affordable, middle-tier, and luxury prices, deciding which is most worth it; 12 seasons, over one billion views.
Worth It (Fifth Harmony song)
"Worth It" (Fifth Harmony song, featuring Kid Ink) is a 2015 single from the album Reflection, produced by Stargate with a saxophone hook by Ori Kaplan; it peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, hit No. 3 in the UK, and is RIAA 3x Platinum.
Worzel Gummidge
Worzel Gummidge is Barbara Euphan Todd's living scarecrow, first heard on BBC radio in 1935, first Puffin paperback (1941), famous through Jon Pertwee's ITV series 1979-1981, Worzel Gummidge Down Under (1987-89), and Mackenzie Crook's 2019 BBC revival.
Worzel Gummidge (TV series)
Worzel Gummidge TV series: British children's show based on Barbara Euphan Todd's books, Southern Television 1979-1981 with Jon Pertwee, plus 1953, New Zealand, and 2019 Mackenzie Crook BBC versions.
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku (ヲタクに恋は難しい)
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku (ヲタクに恋は難しい, Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii) is Fujita's josei office-romance manga about adult otaku couples, serialized in Comic POOL 2015–2021 across 11 volumes, with a 2018 A-1 Pictures anime and 2020 live-action film.
Would It Kill You to Laugh?
Would It Kill You to Laugh? is a 2022 Peacock sketch comedy special by A24, starring Kate Berlant and John Early as estranged sitcom stars reuniting on TV, directed by Andrew DeYoung, Emmy-nominated for writing.
Would You Marry Me? (TV series)
Would You Marry Me? (TV series) is a 2025 South Korean romantic comedy series. It follows a designer and a bakery heir who enter a 90-day fake marriage.
Would You Rather (film)
Would You Rather is a 2012 American psychological horror thriller directed by David Guy Levy, starring Brittany Snow and Jeffrey Combs, released theatrically February 8, 2013, about a deadly dinner-party game.
Wouldn't It Be Nice
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" is a Beach Boys song written by Brian Wilson, Tony Asher, and Mike Love; it opens Pet Sounds (May 1966), was a July 1966 single with God Only Knows, peaked at US No. 8, and differs from any same-titled work.
Wounds (film)
Wounds (2019) is a psychological horror film by Babak Anvari, adapted from Nathan Ballingrud's novella The Visible Filth, starring Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson, and Zazie Beetz; released on Hulu and Netflix in October 2019.
Wounds of Armenia
Wounds of Armenia (Armenian: Վերք Հայաստանի, Verk Hayastani) is a historical novel by Khachatur Abovian, written in 1841 and regarded as the first modern Armenian novel.
Wourld Tour
The Wourld Tour is The Neighbourhood's 2026 seventh concert tour and first arena-scale world tour, supporting the album (((((ultraSOUND))))) (Warner Records, November 2025). Announced November 3, 2025, it opened March 28, 2026 in Austin and grew to 68 shows, ending December 5 at the Kia Forum.
Wouter Kellerman
Wouter Kellerman, born in Johannesburg in 1961, is a South African flautist and composer who has won three Grammy Awards and South Africa's Order of Ikhamanga in Gold.