Unscramble LIGHTWAVE to get 199 words. LIGHTWAVE itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, THALWEG leads with 14 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from LIGHTWAVE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 17 with 6, 37 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in LIGHTWAVE: THALWEG, for 14 points.
WEIGH and WIGHT share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LIGHTWAVE. WHILE, WHITE and LIGHT are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from LIGHTWAVE, WHIG leads with 11 points, then HAVE and HIVE on 10. VIEW, LIVE and GIVE are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words made with LIGHTWAVE letters; 4 of them share the top score of 9. GET, LAW and AGE are everyday picks.
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; THALWEG (14 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
LIGHTWAVE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIGHTWAVE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 199) | 168 | 199 | 157 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 31 of them: THIVEL, VAWTE, HAGLET, TALWEG, WHAE, AIGHT, THAGI, WILGA, ETHAL, GATH, THALE, THIG and 19 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: LIGHTWAVE, THALWEG, THALI, VEGA, WALIE, VLEI, AHI, LAH, EW, GI and TE.