Unscramble WAVEGUIDE to get 150 words. WAVEGUIDE itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
W4A1V45E1G23U12I1D2E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from WAVEGUIDE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 18 with 5, 53 with 4, 54 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
VIDUAGE is the only one of the 7-letter words in WAVEGUIDE; it scores 12 points.
VIEW, WAVE and WIVE are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble WAVEGUIDE, 10 points each. GIVE, WIDE and IDEA will look familiar.
The best of the 3-letter words in WAVEGUIDE is VAW, 9 points; DAW and DEV on 7 follow. AGE, DUE and WED are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of WAVEGUIDE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with WA · ending in DE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by VIEWED, WAIVED and WEAVED (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. WAVEGUIDE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAVEGUIDE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 150) | 111 | 150 | 103 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ADVEW, VIDUAGE, VAGUED, DEAWIE, GIVED, WADGE, GAWD, WAIDE, DEAW, DEEV, VADE, WAID and 27 more, 39 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DEVI, VEGA, AGUED, VID, EEW, EW, DA and GI, 8 in all.
This word takes every letter of WAVEGUIDE plus a single extra one.