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Waves

w 4a 1v 4e 1s 1

About 1 syllable

noun · verb · 5 letters · Very common · plural and third-person singular form of wave

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : valid

What does waves mean?

noun

  1. one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

    Synonymsmoving ridge

  2. a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon

    “a wave of settlers”

  3. (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth

    Synonymsundulation

  4. something that rises rapidly

    “a wave of emotion swept over him”

  5. the act of signaling by a movement of the hand

    Synonymswavingwafture

  6. a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair

verb

  1. signal with the hands or nod

    “She waved to her friends”

    Synonymsbeckon

  2. move or swing back and forth

    “She waved her gun”

    Synonymsbrandishflourish

  3. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

    “The curtains undulated”

    Synonymsrollundulateflap

  4. twist or roll into coils or ringlets

    “curl my hair, please”

    Synonymscurl

  5. set waves in

    “she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair”

Definitions shown for wave, the base form of waves.

Is WAVES a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) Yes

How many points is WAVES worth?

Scrabble

11 pts
w 4a 1v 4e 1s 1

Words With Friends

12 pts
w 4a 1v 5e 1s 1

Wordfeud

11 pts
w 4a 1v 4e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

14 pts
w 5a 1v 6e 1s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in WAVES

Words that end like WAVES

Common words that share the ending -AVES, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

savesravesslavescaveshavespavesbravescravesgravesshavesstavesbehavesoctavesdepravesengravesenslavesmisbehavesmicrowaves
All words ending in -AVES

Waves: quick answers

Is WAVES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. WAVES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 11 points before board bonuses.
How many points is WAVES worth?
WAVES scores 11 points in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends, 11 in Wordfeud and 14 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does waves mean?
waves is the plural and third-person singular form of wave, which means “one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)”. It has 11 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in WAVES?
You can make 28 shorter words from WAVES, such as VAWS, WAVE, VAW, AVES. See the full list.