Scrabble & Words with friends points
- wave is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
- wave is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
- wave is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11
Definition of wave
- signal with the hands or nod (verb)
Examples
- She waved to her friends
- He waved his hand hospitably
Synonyms
- beckon
- move or swing back and forth (verb)
Examples
- She waved her gun
Synonyms
- brandish
- flourish
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth (noun)
Synonyms
- undulation
- an undulating curve (noun)
Synonyms
- undulation
- one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) (noun)
Synonyms
- moving ridge
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion (verb)
Examples
- the waves rolled towards the beach
Synonyms
- flap
- roll
- undulate
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets (verb)
Synonyms
- curl
- the act of signaling by a movement of the hand (noun)
Synonyms
- wafture
- waving
- a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair (noun)
- a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch (noun)
- a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon (noun)
Examples
- a wave of settlers
- troops advancing in waves
- a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures) (noun)
Examples
- a heat wave
- set waves in (verb)
Examples
- she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair
- something that rises rapidly (noun)
Examples
- a wave of emotion swept over him
- there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed
- a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right
See definition of wave in Merriam Webster