176 words come out when you unscramble WASTEWAYS, starting with WASTEWAYS itself: 18 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, WASTEWAY leads with 17 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from WASTEWAYS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 9 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 16 with 2.
WASTEWAY is the only one of the 8-letter words made with WASTEWAYS letters; it scores 17 points.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in WASTEWAYS: SEAWAYS, for 13 points.
Among 39 5-letter words from WASTEWAYS, the top score is 11, reached by 9. WASTE, ASSET and SEATS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words in WASTEWAYS, 13 score 10 points, the group's best. WEST, EAST and EASY are the ones most people know.
7 of 49 3-letter words made with WASTEWAYS letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. WAS, SET and WAY will look familiar.
Trade one tile of WASTEWAYS for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with WA · ending in YS · all 9-letter words
What WASTEWAYS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept WASTEWAYS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WASTEWAYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 176) | 137 | 176 | 124 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AWAYES, ASWAY, AWAYS, SWEYS, TWAYS, WAWAS, WAWES, SWEY, TWAY, WAWA, WAWE, WEYS and 27 more, 39 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: STEWY, EYASS, WETAS, WETA, YAS, EW, TASES, ESTS, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and 1 more, 13 in all.