Unscramble WAVESHAPE and you have 170 words, WAVESHAPE itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, AWHAPES leads with 15 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from WAVESHAPE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 9 with 6, 31 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with WAVESHAPE letters: AWHAPES, for 15 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WAVESHAPE, PSHAW, WHAPS and WHEEP tie for first at 13 points. PHASE, SHAPE and WAVES are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from WAVESHAPE are led by PHEW and WHAP, 12 points each. HAVE, SAVE and WAVE are the familiar ones.
52 3-letter words in WAVESHAPE; 4 of them share the top score of 9. WAS, HAS and SEE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of WAVESHAPE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with WA · ending in PE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; WHEEPS (14 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept WAVESHAPE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAVESHAPE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 170) | 143 | 170 | 132 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
27 of the 170 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AWHAPES, AWHAPE, PESHWA, AWAVE, SAWAH, SHEVA, AHEAP, PAWAS, PHESE, VESPA, WHAE, HESP and 15 more. 11 of the 170 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HEVEAS, HEVEA, SHWA, VAPES, WAAH, HEPS, VAPE, AHS, EEW, SEV and EW.
Each word below uses all the letters of WAVESHAPE and one more.