What HEADWAY Means
- noun: vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
- noun: forward movement“the ship made little headway against the gale”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
HEADWAY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 E1 A1 D2 W4 A1 Y4.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 67 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In HEADWAY
77 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
5 letter words (9)
4 letter words (17)
3 letter words (35)
AAHAHAAWAAWEAYEDAEDAHDAWDAYDEWDEYDYEEDHHADHAEHAWHAYHEWHEYHYEWADWAEWAYWEDWEYWHAWHYWYEYADYAEYAHYAWYEAYEHYEW
2 letter words (16)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.