Unscramble WASTEWEIRS and you have 305 words, WASTEWEIRS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, WASTEWEIR leads with 15 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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By length, the words from WASTEWEIRS split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 11 with 8, 29 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
WETWARE tops the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble WASTEWEIRS at 13 points; next come STEWERS and STEWIER on 10. EASIEST, SWEATER and WAITERS will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from WASTEWEIRS, 42 score 9 points, the group's best. EASIER, WATERS and WRITES are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words from WASTEWEIRS is WAWES, 11 points; EWERS and EWEST on 8 follow. WATER, WASTE and SWEET are everyday picks.
WAWE and WAWS are the top 4-letter words in WASTEWEIRS, 10 points each. WERE, WEST and ARTS will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words made with WASTEWEIRS letters, EWW and WAW tie for first at 9 points. ARE, WAS and SEE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of WASTEWEIRS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with WA · ending in RS · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; WETWARES (14 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
WASTEWEIRS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the Words With Friends list leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WASTEWEIRS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 305) | 236 | 305 | 222 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WASTEWEIRS, WASTEWEIR, SWEARIEST, SWEIREST, TAWERIES, WAWES, STEWERS, STEWIER, WAWE, WESTIES, EWW, STEWER and 57 more, 69 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: WETWARES, WETWARE, TWEER, WETAS, ARTSIES, WETA, ARTSIE, EASERS, EEW, EW, ARIE, ATS and 2 more, 14 in all.