The word wave is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • wave v. (Intransitive) To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
  • wave v. (Intransitive) To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
  • wave v. (Transitive, metonymically) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion…

29 valid words from 3 definitions

ABOVE AND ATTENTION BACK BY CALL COMMAND DEPARTURE DIRECTION FORTH GENERALLY GIVE GREETING HAND IN INTRANSITIVE LOOSELY METONYMICALLY MOTION MOVE ONE OR REPEATEDLY SHOULDERS SOMEWHAT THE TO TRANSITIVE WAVING

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word.)

AVE

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AW VAW

23 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

CAVE EAVE FAVE GAVE HAVE LAVE NAVE PAVE RAVE SAVE WADE WAGE WAKE WALE WAME WANE WARE WASE WATE WAVY WAWE WIVE WOVE

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

AVE WAE

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

WAIVE WEAVE

47 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

WAVED WAVER WAVES WAVEY WAVERS WAVERY WAVEYS WAVELET WAVEOFF WAVERED WAVERER WAVESON WAVEBAND WAVEFORM WAVELESS WAVELETS WAVELIKE WAVEOFFS WAVERERS WAVERIER WAVERING WAVEROUS WAVESONS WAVEBANDS WAVEFORMS WAVEFRONT WAVEGUIDE WAVELLITE WAVEMETER WAVERIEST WAVERINGS WAVESHAPE WAVETABLE WAVEFRONTS WAVEGUIDES WAVELENGTH WAVELESSLY WAVELLITES WAVEMETERS WAVENUMBER WAVERINGLY WAVESHAPES WAVETABLES WAVELENGTHS WAVENUMBERS WAVERINGNESS WAVERINGNESSES

18 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

AIRWAVES NEWWAVER HEATWAVES NEWWAVERS PICOWAVED PICOWAVES TIDEWAVES BRAINWAVES CRIMEWAVES MICROWAVED MICROWAVES SHORTWAVED SHORTWAVES SUPERWAVES UNWAVERING UNWAVERINGLY MICROWAVEABLE MULTIWAVELENGTH

11 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

AWAVE AIRWAVE HEATWAVE PICOWAVE TIDEWAVE BRAINWAVE CRIMEWAVE LIGHTWAVE MICROWAVE SHORTWAVE SUPERWAVE

10 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A AWAVE
+D ADVEW WAVED
+E WEAVE
+I WAIVE
+N NAVEW
+R WAVER
+S WAVES
+T VAWTE
+Y WAVEY

5 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-E VAW
-V AWE WAE
-W AVE VAE

Scrabble scoring

  • 10 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 67.5 chance (1.48%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 259 chance (0.39%).

Other languages

Category without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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