WAVE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. WAVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WAVE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAVE is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WAVE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WAVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does WAVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A ridge of water moving across the surface.
Wave the noun and wave the gesture are the same word, and the physics sense came from the water. A wave of people is nineteenth-century and is now the commonest figurative use.
How WAVE is used
Countable. Also a verb: waved, waves.
- A wave of that size arrives about once a decade.
- The word wave covers water and a gesture alike.
- She waved from the far end of the platform.
- A wave of arrivals overwhelmed the office.
- Two waves close together do more damage than one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WAVE
Showing 24 of 47 words that begin with WAVE.
Words ending in WAVE
11 words end in WAVE. Useful as a back hook: play WAVE onto a word already on the board.
Words with WAVE inside
18 words contain WAVE in the middle. Words that start with WAVE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WAVE
Common questions about WAVE
- Is WAVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAVE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAVE worth?
- WAVE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAVE mean?
- A ridge of water moving across the surface.
- What letters can be added to WAVE?
- WAVE takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WAVE:
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