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WAVER

5 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What WAVER Means

  1. verb: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness“Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures”
  2. verb: be unsure or weak“Their enthusiasm is faltering”
  3. noun: someone who communicates by waving
  4. noun: the act of pausing uncertainly“there was a hesitation in his speech”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

WAVER 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 W4 A1 V4 E1 R1.

Words Made From The Letters In WAVER

29 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 (8)

3 letter words (14)

2 letter words (7)

Longer Words Containing WAVER

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

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