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Is waver a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word waver is a Scrabble US word. The word waver is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is waver a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word waver is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

W4A1V4E1R1

Is waver a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word waver is a Words With Friends word. The word waver is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

WAVER,

4-letter words (8 found)

AREW,AVER,RAVE,VARE,VERA,WARE,WAVE,WEAR,

3-letter words (14 found)

ARE,AVE,AWE,EAR,ERA,RAV,RAW,REV,REW,VAE,VAR,VAW,WAE,WAR,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AR,AW,EA,ER,EW,RE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 32 words from waver according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of waver

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Definitions and meaning of waver

waver

Etymology

From Middle English waveren, from Old Norse vafra (“to flicker”), akin to Old English wǣfre (“restless, wavering”). Related to wave.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈweɪ.vɚ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: waiver

Verb

waver (third-person singular simple present wavers, present participle wavering, simple past and past participle wavered)

  1. (intransitive) To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
    • 1523–1525, Jean Froissart, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (translator), Froissart's Chronicles
      With banners and pennons wavering with the wind.
  2. (intransitive) To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.
  3. (intransitive) To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.
  4. (intransitive) To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.
  5. (intransitive) To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.
  6. (intransitive) To be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • wave

Translations

Noun

waver (plural wavers)

  1. An act of wavering, vacillating, etc.
  2. Someone who waves, enjoys waving, etc.
  3. Someone who specializes in waving (hair treatment).
  4. A tool that accomplishes hair waving.
  5. (UK, dialect, dated) A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.

Translations

See also

  • waiver

References

  • “waver”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “waver”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Source: wiktionary.org