Unscramble PICOWAVES and you have 216 words, PICOWAVES itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PICOWAVES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 16 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with PICOWAVES letters: PICOWAVE, 18 points.
COWPS and SCOWP are the top 5-letter words from PICOWAVES, 12 points each. SPACE, VIEWS and VOICE will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words made with PICOWAVES letters, COWP leads with 11 points, then AVOW and VAWS on 10. VIEW, PICS and VICE are the familiar ones.
VAW and VOW are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PICOWAVES, 9 points each. WAS, SAW and ICE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PICOWAVES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PI · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
PICOWAVES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PICOWAVES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PICOWAVES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 216) | 183 | 216 | 169 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COWPS, SCOWP, COWP, WASPIE, CIVES, SOWCE, VESPA, VOIPS, CIVE, PACOS, PAVS, SCAPI and 19 more, 31 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PICOWAVES, PICOWAVE, SCOPAE, VAPES, SCOPA, VAPE, COPI, OWIES, OWIE, SEV, APO, ECO and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Scrabble US: WOPS and WOP, 2 in all.