wave
wave is a valid 4-letter word worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
What does wave mean?
Signal with the hands or nod.
“She waved to her friends”
“He waved his hand hospitably”
Set waves in.
“she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair”
Move or swing back and forth.
“She waved her gun”
Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion.
“the waves rolled towards the beach”
Twist or roll into coils or ringlets.
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.
A movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon.
“a wave of settlers”
“troops advancing in waves”
A persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures).
“a heat wave”
Something that rises rapidly.
“a wave of emotion swept over him”
“there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed”
(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth.
An undulating curve.
One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water).
The act of signaling by a movement of the hand.
A hairdo that creates undulations in the hair.