waveguide needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 17 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 111 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
waveguide is the highest-scoring word from waveguide, worth 17 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 111 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in waveguide — and it is waveguide itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling waveguide turns up 4 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with viewed. For points, the strongest plays are viewed, waived, and weaved — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 14 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in waveguide. If a familiar word is all you need, start with guide and waved. For points, the strongest plays are waved and wived — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in waveguide produces 39 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aged, dive, edge, gave, give, idea, and view. For points, the strongest plays are view, wave, and wive — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling waveguide turns up 41 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with age, aid, die, dig, due, dug, and eve. For points, the strongest play is vaw — worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in waveguide. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, aw, ew, id, and we. For points, the strongest plays are aw, ew, and we — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 ten-letter word can be made using all the letters in waveguide plus one additional letter.
waveguide is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 3-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record one sense for waveguide. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 17 points on a Scrabble board:
waveguide is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing waveguide unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is waveguide, worth 17 points in Scrabble, and no other word from waveguide earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in waveguide produce 111 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 4 six-letter words, 14 five-letter words, 39 four-letter words, 41 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.