BRAINWAVES

10 letters, 18 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What BRAINWAVES Means

BRAINWAVES is a form of BRAINWAVE, which means:

noun: (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph
noun: the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BRAINWAVES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 R1 A1 I1 N1 W4 A1 V4 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In BRAINWAVES

558 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

6 letter words (73)

5 letter words (173)

ABASE ABEAR ABIES ABRIN ABRIS AESIR AIRNS AIVER ANEAR ANISE ANSAE ARBAS AREAS ARENA ARIAS ARISE ARNAS AVENS AVERS AVIAN AVINE AVISE AWARE AWARN AWAVE AWNER BAIRN BANES BANIA BARES BARNS BASAN BASEN BASER BASIN BAVIN BAWNS BAWRS BEANS BEARS BENIS BESAW BIERS BINER BINES BIRSE BRAAI BRAES BRAIN BRANE BRANS BRAVA BRAVE BRAVI BRAWN BRAWS BREIS BRENS BREWS BRIES BRINE BRINS BRISE BWANA EARNS ERBIA INVAR ISNAE NABES NABIS NAEVI NAIRA NAIVE NARAS NARES NARIS NAVAR NAVES NAVEW NAWAB NEARS RABIS RAIAS RAINE RAINS RAISE RANAS RANIS RAVEN RAVES RAVIN RAWIN RAWNS REANS REINS RESAW RESIN REWAN REWIN RIBAS RIBES RINES RINSE RISEN RIVAS RIVEN RIVES SABER SABIN SABIR SABRA SABRE SAINE SANER SARAN SARIN SAVER SAVIN SAWER SERAI SERIN SEWAN SEWAR SEWIN SINEW SIREN SIVER SNARE SWAIN SWARE SWEAR SWEIR SWINE SWIRE SWIVE VAIRE VAIRS VANES VARAN VARAS VARES VARIA VARNA VEINS VERBS VIBES VIERS VIEWS VINAS VINER VINES VINEW VIRES VISNE WAINS WAIRS WAIVE WANES WARBS WARES WARNS WAVER WAVES WEANS WEARS WEIRS WINES WIRES WISER WIVER WIVES WRENS WRIES

4 letter words (180)

3 letter words (95)

AAS ABA ABS AIA AIN AIR AIS ANA ANE ANI ANS ARB ARE ARS AVA AVE AWA AWE AWN BAA BAN BAR BAS BEN BES BIN BIS BRA EAN EAR EAS ENS ERA ERN ERS INS IRE NAB NAE NAS NAW NEB NEW NIB NIE NIS RAI RAN RAS RAV RAW REB REI REN RES REV REW RIA RIB RIN SAB SAE SAI SAN SAR SAV SAW SEA SEI SEN SER SEW SIB SIN SIR SRI VAE VAN VAR VAS VAW VIA VIE VIN VIS WAB WAE WAI WAN WAR WAS WEB WEN WIN WIS

2 letter words (22)

AA AB AE AI AN AR AS AW BA BE BI EA EN ER ES IN IS NA NE RE SI WE

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