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SWAYS

5 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What SWAYS Means

SWAYS is a form of SWAY, which means:

  1. verb: move back and forth or sideways“the ship was rocking”
  2. verb: move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner“He swung back”
  3. noun: controlling influence
  4. noun: pitching dangerously to one side

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SWAYS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 W4 A1 Y4 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In SWAYS

16 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.

4 letter words (5)

3 letter words (7)

2 letter words (4)

Longer Words Containing SWAYS

SWAYS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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