What WAVES Means
WAVES is a form of WAVE, which 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
WAVES 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 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In WAVES
28 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 (9)
3 letter words (13)
2 letter words (6)
Longer Words Containing WAVES
WAVES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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