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Delete Around Word

Delete a word together with useful adjacent spacing.

daw usually consumes trailing whitespace so the remaining words close cleanly without a second edit.

Use daw in the editor beside this lesson. Practice is where you learn it, with the answer a click away; the Test is graded, unaided, and the only thing that marks this lesson complete.

Keys in this lesson

daw
Delete the word under the cursor and its trailing space
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Practice to learn it. Test to prove it.

Practice keeps the answer a click away — endlessly in Free, or as a 15-goal run against par and your own best time in Timed. The Test gives you 8 goals with no hints and a keystroke budget on each; passing it is what marks this lesson complete.

daw

Delete the current word and its adjacent space with daw.