CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, W&R Funds, Inc.
(1933 Act File No. 33-45961; 1940 Act File No. 811-6569) ("Registrant") hereby
certifies (a) that the respective forms of three of the four Prospectuses (the
equity and fixed-income prospectuses for proprietary use and the fixed-income
prospectus for third-party distribution) and Statement of Additional Information
used with respect to the Registrant do not differ from the Prospectuses and
Statement of Additional Information contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 15
("Amendment No. 15") to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A, which is
Registrant's most recent post-effective amendment, and (b) that Amendment No. 15
was filed electronically.
W&R FUNDS, INC.
Dated: July 11, 2000 By: /s/Kristen A. Richards
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Kristen A. Richards
Vice President, Secretary and
Associate General Counsel
