Unscramble MICROWAVES and you have 307 words, MICROWAVES itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. MICROWAVE is the best of the shorter words, at 19 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MICROWAVES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 7 with 8, 30 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with MICROWAVES letters: MICROWAVE, for 19 points.
ICEWORM, VOMICAE and VOMICAS are the top 7-letter words from MICROWAVES, 14 points each. WAIVERS and OVARIES will look familiar.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MICROWAVES, SCRAWM and VOMICA tie for first at 13 points. MOVIES, COVERS and VOICES are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words in MICROWAVES, the top score is 11, reached by 10. MOVIE, COVER and VIEWS are the familiar ones.
CWMS tops the 4-letter words made with MICROWAVES letters at 11 points; next come AVOW and VAWS on 10. VIEW, COME and CAME will look familiar.
CWM scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MICROWAVES at 10 points, ahead of VAW and VOW on 9. WAS, CAR and WAR are the ones most people know.
These 3 words have the length of MICROWAVES, with one letter different:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CASEWORM and ICEWORMS (15 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. MICROWAVES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICROWAVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 307) | 240 | 307 | 221 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 67 of them: OVERSWAM, OVERSWIM, AVOWRIES, VOMICAS, SCRAWM, AWMRIES, CARVIES, CAVIERS, CORSIVE, CROWEAS, SCOWRIE, SEAWORM and 55 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: ICEWORMS, ICEWORM, COVARIES, VARECS, ASWIM, VAREC, AIRSOME, CAMIS, CAMOS, ORACIES, CAMI, CAMO and 7 more.