diff --git a/src/glide/browser/base/content/motions.mts b/src/glide/browser/base/content/motions.mts
index e956a956..c04f3133 100644
--- a/src/glide/browser/base/content/motions.mts
+++ b/src/glide/browser/base/content/motions.mts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export interface Editor {
 /**
  * An exhaustive list of all currently supported motion operations.
  */
-export const MOTIONS = ["iw", "h", "j", "k", "l", "d"] as const;
+export const MOTIONS = ["iw", "h", "j", "k", "l", "d", "w"] as const;
 type GlideMotion = (typeof MOTIONS)[number];
 
 export function select_motion(
@@ -180,11 +180,29 @@ export function select_motion(
         },
       };
     }
+    case "w": {
+      if (is_bof(editor)) {
+        editor.selectionController.characterMove(true, true);
+      } else {
+        editor.selectionController.characterMove(false, false);
+        editor.selectionController.characterMove(true, true);
+      }
+
+      const starting_cls = text_obj.cls(current_char(editor));
+
+      forward_word(editor, false, "visual");
+      if (selection_has_cls_white_space(editor) || text_obj.cls(current_char(editor)) !== starting_cls) {
+        editor.selectionController.characterMove(false, true);
+      }
+      if (!is_bof(editor, "left") && is_eol(editor)) {
+        editor.selectionController.characterMove(false, true);
+      }
+      break;
+    }
     default:
       throw assert_never(motion, `Unknown motion: ${motion}`);
   }
 }
-
 /**
  * Returns the offset of the caret in the current line.
  *
@@ -538,6 +556,28 @@ function selection_direction(
   return "backwards";
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the currently selected text (single-node selections).
+ * Falls back to empty string if collapsed or no text node.
+ */
+export function selection_text(editor: Editor): string {
+  if (editor.selection.isCollapsed) {
+    return "";
+  }
+  const content = editor.selection.focusNode?.textContent ?? "";
+  const start = Math.min(editor.selection.anchorOffset, editor.selection.focusOffset);
+  const end = Math.max(editor.selection.anchorOffset, editor.selection.focusOffset);
+  return content.slice(start, end);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Whether the current selection contains a space character.
+ */
+export function selection_has_cls_white_space(editor: Editor): boolean {
+  const text = selection_text(editor);
+  return text.includes(" ") || text.includes("\t") || text.includes("\n") || text.includes("\r");
+}
+
 export function preceding_char(editor: Editor): string | null {
   const content = editor.selection.focusNode?.textContent;
   if (content == null) {
diff --git a/src/glide/browser/base/content/test/motions/browser_words.ts b/src/glide/browser/base/content/test/motions/browser_words.ts
index 457cf7fc..025f595d 100644
--- a/src/glide/browser/base/content/test/motions/browser_words.ts
+++ b/src/glide/browser/base/content/test/motions/browser_words.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,46 @@ add_task(async function test_normal_diw() {
   });
 });
 
+add_task(async function test_normal_dw() {
+  await BrowserTestUtils.withNewTab(INPUT_TEST_FILE, async browser => {
+    const { set_text, test_edit, set_selection } = GlideTestUtils.make_input_test_helpers(browser, {
+      text_start: 1,
+    });
+
+    await set_text("hello world", "dw at start of word deletes word + following space");
+    await set_selection(0, "h");
+    await test_edit("dw", "world", 0, "w");
+
+    await set_text("hello world", "dw from inside a word deletes to next word boundary (keeps preceding chars)");
+    await set_selection(2, "l");
+    await test_edit("dw", "heworld", 2, "w");
+
+    await set_text("hello   world", "dw at start deletes word + all following spaces");
+    await set_selection(0, "h");
+    await test_edit("dw", "world", 0, "w");
+
+    await set_text("hello, world", "dw stops at punctuation (keeps punctuation and following space)");
+    await set_selection(0, "h");
+    await test_edit("dw", ", world", 0, ",");
+
+    await set_text("hello\nworld", "dw treats newline as whitespace and deletes it with the word");
+    await set_selection(0, "h");
+    await test_edit("dw", "\nworld", -1, "");
+
+    await set_text("hello?.world", "dw on punctuation run deletes punctuation up to next word");
+    await set_selection(5, "?");
+    await test_edit("dw", "helloworld", 5, "w");
+
+    await set_text("h j k", "dw deletes a single-letter word + following space");
+    await set_selection(2, "j");
+    await test_edit("dw", "h k", 2, "k");
+
+    await set_text("\nworld", "dw at start deletes leading newline (treats newline as whitespace)");
+    await set_selection(0, "\n");
+    await test_edit("dw", "world", 0, "w");
+  });
+});
+
 add_task(async function test_normal_w() {
   await BrowserTestUtils.withNewTab(INPUT_TEST_FILE, async browser => {
     const { set_text, test_motion, set_selection } = GlideTestUtils.make_input_test_helpers(browser, { text_start: 1 });