diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-04-14-23-00-00.gh-issue-132527.kTi8T7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-04-14-23-00-00.gh-issue-132527.kTi8T7.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..997cc2b784f7e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-04-14-23-00-00.gh-issue-132527.kTi8T7.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Include the valid typecode 'w' in the error message when an invalid typecode is passed to :class:`array.array`.
diff --git a/Modules/arraymodule.c b/Modules/arraymodule.c
index 16f757feca3342..401a3a7072b846 100644
--- a/Modules/arraymodule.c
+++ b/Modules/arraymodule.c
@@ -2873,7 +2873,7 @@ array_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
         }
     }
     PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
-        "bad typecode (must be b, B, u, h, H, i, I, l, L, q, Q, f or d)");
+        "bad typecode (must be b, B, u, w, h, H, i, I, l, L, q, Q, f or d)");
     return NULL;
 }