Unscramble AIRWAVES to get 184 words. AIRWAVES itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. WAIVERS and AIRWAVE are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from AIRWAVES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 12 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Among 46 5-letter words you get when you unscramble AIRWAVES, the top score is 11, reached by 8. AREAS, VIEWS and AWARE are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 4-letter words from AIRWAVES tie at 10 points; none scores more. VIEW, AREA and SAVE will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words made with AIRWAVES letters, VAW leads with 9 points, then AVA and AVE on 6. ARE, WAS and AIR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of AIRWAVES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with AI · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
AIRWAVES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept AIRWAVES, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRWAVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 184) | 145 | 184 | 140 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); *the Words With Friends list changes.
39 of the 184 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SWARVE, AWAVE, SAVARI, AVISE, RIVAS, SWEIR, SWIRE, VAIRE, VARES, AREW, AVAS, AVIS and 27 more. 5 of the 184 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VARIAS, SEV, EW, REAIS and ARIE.