324 words come out when you unscramble SHORTWAVES, starting with SHORTWAVES itself: 19 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SHORTWAVES split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 9 with 8, 44 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in SHORTWAVES: SHORTWAVE, 18 points.
WHARVES and WHATEVS share the top score of 16 among the 7-letter words from SHORTWAVES. HARVEST, SHOWERS and WASHERS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SHORTWAVES is WHARVE, 15 points; AVOWER and AWHETO on 12 follow. SHOWER, HEARTS and THROWS are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words in SHORTWAVES, the top score is 11, reached by 46. SHOWS, EARTH and WORTH are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with SHORTWAVES letters, 25 score 10 points, the group's best. HAVE, SHOW and HEAR are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SHORTWAVES; 7 of them share the top score of 9. HAS, WHO and TWO are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of SHORTWAVES, with one letter different:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with WHARVES (16 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHORTWAVES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHORTWAVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 324) | 252 | 324 | 238 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
72 of the 324 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVERWASH, WHATEVS, AWHETOS, SHROVES, SWARVES, THROWES, WROATHS, AWHETO, HOVEAS, HOWRES, REWTHS, SHEVAS and 60 more. 14 of the 324 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: WHATSO, SHWAS, SHWA, HAOS, OSETRAS, OSSETRA, AHS, HOS, OWT, SEV, SHO, SOH and 2 more.