diff --git a/vortex-mask/src/lib.rs b/vortex-mask/src/lib.rs
index 401077f0b34..129dc249bde 100644
--- a/vortex-mask/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vortex-mask/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use std::sync::OnceLock;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use vortex_buffer::BitBuffer;
 use vortex_buffer::BitBufferMut;
-use vortex_buffer::BitIterator;
+use vortex_buffer::BitChunkIterator;
 use vortex_error::VortexResult;
 use vortex_error::vortex_panic;
 
@@ -431,9 +431,10 @@ impl Mask {
 
     /// Iterate the mask as one `bool` per element, in order.
     ///
-    /// Unlike repeatedly calling [`Mask::value`], this advances a single cursor rather than
-    /// recomputing the byte/bit offset for every element, and it does not allocate for the
-    /// all-true / all-false variants. Prefer this for sequential per-element scans.
+    /// For a [`Mask::Values`] mask this decodes the packed bitmap a `u64` word at a time and
+    /// drains each word with a register shift, avoiding the per-element byte load and offset
+    /// arithmetic of [`Mask::value`]. The all-true / all-false variants iterate a counter and
+    /// allocate nothing. Prefer this for sequential per-element scans.
     #[inline]
     pub fn iter(&self) -> MaskBoolIter<'_> {
         match self {
@@ -445,7 +446,7 @@ impl Mask {
                 value: false,
                 remaining: *len,
             },
-            Mask::Values(values) => MaskBoolIter::Bits(values.bit_buffer().iter()),
+            Mask::Values(values) => MaskBoolIter::Words(WordBoolIter::new(values.bit_buffer())),
         }
     }
 
@@ -846,8 +847,8 @@ pub enum MaskBoolIter<'a> {
         /// The number of elements still to yield.
         remaining: usize,
     },
-    /// Per-element bits of a [`Mask::Values`] mask.
-    Bits(BitIterator<'a>),
+    /// Per-element bits of a [`Mask::Values`] mask, decoded a `u64` word at a time.
+    Words(WordBoolIter<'a>),
 }
 
 impl Iterator for MaskBoolIter<'_> {
@@ -861,7 +862,7 @@ impl Iterator for MaskBoolIter<'_> {
                 *remaining -= 1;
                 Some(*value)
             }
-            Self::Bits(bits) => bits.next(),
+            Self::Words(words) => words.next(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -869,7 +870,7 @@ impl Iterator for MaskBoolIter<'_> {
     fn size_hint(&self) -> (usize, Option<usize>) {
         let remaining = match self {
             Self::Repeat { remaining, .. } => *remaining,
-            Self::Bits(bits) => bits.len(),
+            Self::Words(words) => words.len(),
         };
         (remaining, Some(remaining))
     }
@@ -877,6 +878,70 @@ impl Iterator for MaskBoolIter<'_> {
 
 impl ExactSizeIterator for MaskBoolIter<'_> {}
 
+/// Word-buffered `bool` iterator over a packed bitmap.
+///
+/// Decodes the bitmap a `u64` word at a time and drains each word bit by bit with a register
+/// shift, avoiding the per-element byte load and offset arithmetic of
+/// [`BitIterator`](vortex_buffer::BitIterator). Created for the [`Mask::Values`] variant by
+/// [`Mask::iter`].
+pub struct WordBoolIter<'a> {
+    /// Yields the full 64-bit chunks of the bitmap.
+    chunks: BitChunkIterator<'a>,
+    /// The final partial word (fewer than 64 bits), used once `chunks` is exhausted.
+    remainder: u64,
+    /// The word currently being drained; its least-significant bit is the next element.
+    word: u64,
+    /// Number of bits still buffered in `word`.
+    bits_left: u32,
+    /// Total number of elements still to yield.
+    remaining: usize,
+}
+
+impl<'a> WordBoolIter<'a> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn new(buffer: &'a BitBuffer) -> Self {
+        let chunks = buffer.chunks();
+        Self {
+            remainder: chunks.remainder_bits(),
+            chunks: chunks.iter(),
+            word: 0,
+            bits_left: 0,
+            remaining: buffer.len(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Iterator for WordBoolIter<'_> {
+    type Item = bool;
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        if self.remaining == 0 {
+            return None;
+        }
+        if self.bits_left == 0 {
+            // Refill from the next full chunk, falling back to the partial remainder word once the
+            // full chunks are exhausted. `remaining` bounds how many bits we actually read, so the
+            // unused high bits of the remainder word (and any bogus refill past the end) are never
+            // observed.
+            self.word = self.chunks.next().unwrap_or(self.remainder);
+            self.bits_left = 64;
+        }
+        let value = (self.word & 1) != 0;
+        self.word >>= 1;
+        self.bits_left -= 1;
+        self.remaining -= 1;
+        Some(value)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn size_hint(&self) -> (usize, Option<usize>) {
+        (self.remaining, Some(self.remaining))
+    }
+}
+
+impl ExactSizeIterator for WordBoolIter<'_> {}
+
 impl From<BitBuffer> for Mask {
     fn from(value: BitBuffer) -> Self {
         Self::from_buffer(value)
diff --git a/vortex-mask/src/tests.rs b/vortex-mask/src/tests.rs
index c1a4928f548..c3e1b1976c9 100644
--- a/vortex-mask/src/tests.rs
+++ b/vortex-mask/src/tests.rs
@@ -751,3 +751,22 @@ fn mask_iter_matches_value(#[case] mask: Mask, #[case] expected: Vec<bool>) {
         assert_eq!(it.len(), mask.len() - 1);
     }
 }
+
+#[rstest]
+// Spans multiple full 64-bit words plus a partial remainder word.
+#[case::multi_word(Mask::from_buffer(BitBuffer::from_iter((0..150).map(|i| i % 3 == 0))), 0, 150)]
+// Non-zero bit offset within the first byte (the `BitChunks` `bit_offset` path).
+#[case::offset_small(Mask::from_buffer(BitBuffer::from_iter((0..40).map(|i| i % 5 < 2))), 3, 30)]
+// Offset spanning past a word boundary so the remainder word shifts too.
+#[case::offset_multi_word(
+    Mask::from_buffer(BitBuffer::from_iter((0..200).map(|i| (i * 7) % 11 < 4))), 5, 180
+)]
+fn mask_iter_word_path_matches_value(#[case] mask: Mask, #[case] start: usize, #[case] len: usize) {
+    // Slicing yields a `Mask::Values` with a non-zero bit offset, exercising the word-buffered
+    // decode against the scalar `value` path.
+    let sliced = mask.slice(start..start + len);
+    let collected: Vec<bool> = sliced.iter().collect();
+    let by_value: Vec<bool> = (0..sliced.len()).map(|i| sliced.value(i)).collect();
+    assert_eq!(collected, by_value);
+    assert_eq!(collected.len(), len);
+}