Unscramble WAVESHAPES and you have 218 words, WAVESHAPES itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is WAVESHAPE, 20 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from WAVESHAPES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 6 with 7, 25 with 6, 55 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 letters.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in WAVESHAPES: WAVESHAPE, 20 points.
4 of 25 6-letter words from WAVESHAPES tie at 14 points; none scores more. SHAPES, PHASES and SWEEPS will look familiar.
PSHAW, WHAPS and WHEEP share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WAVESHAPES. PHASE, SHAPE and WAVES are the ones most people know.
PHEW and WHAP are the top 4-letter words made with WAVESHAPES letters, 12 points each. HAVE, SAVE and WAVE will look familiar.
54 3-letter words you get when you unscramble WAVESHAPES; 4 of them share the top score of 9. WAS, HAS and SEE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of WAVESHAPES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with WA · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PSHAWS and WHEEPS (14 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. WAVESHAPES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAVESHAPES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 218) | 179 | 218 | 165 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 39 of them: AWHAPES, PESHWAS, AWHAPE, PESHWA, SAWAHS, SHEVAS, AWAVE, PHESES, SAWAH, SHEVA, VESPAS, AHEAP and 27 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: HEVEAS, HEVEA, SHWAS, SHWA, VAPES, WAAH, HEPS, VAPE, SESH, SEVS, AHS, EEW and 2 more.