What WAVE Means
- noun: one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
- noun: a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon“a wave of settlers”
- verb: signal with the hands or nod“She waved to her friends”
- verb: move or swing back and forth“She waved her gun”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
WAVE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as W4 A1 V4 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In WAVE
9 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.
3 letter words (5)
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing WAVE
WAVE appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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