Clues for the word "WAVE"
We've had 156 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 246 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on January 13, 2026.
Definition of wave
- v. t. - See Waive.
- v. i. - To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
- v. i. - To be moved to and fro as a signal.
- v. i. - To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate.
- v. t. - To move one way and the other; to brandish.
- v. t. - To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to.
- v. t. - To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
- v. t. - To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.
- v. i. - An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation.
- v. i. - A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See Undulation.
- v. i. - Water; a body of water.
- v. i. - Unevenness; inequality of surface.
- v. i. - A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc.
- v. i. - The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel.
- v. i. - Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm.
- n. - Woe.
Referring Clues
- Common greeting
- Common hello or goodbye
- See 9-Down
- Hello from a distance
- What a surfer rides
- Signal hello or goodbye
- World War II Navy woman
- Hi sign?
- Salon option
- Informal greeting
- 50-Across sight
- Thing caught near the shore
- You might catch one near a beach
- Surfer's ride
- Oceanside sight
- Surfing sine qua non
- BREAKER
- Swell sight?
- Surfer's need
- This goes around an arena
- Greet from a distance
- Hi sign
- Ocean motion
- Surfing need
- Surfing surface
- Hand motion
- Breaker on the shore
- Swell
- Permanent thing
- Mass-movement unit
- Mass movement
- Make bye-bye
- Ripple's big brother
- Wordless greeting
- Acknowledge the crowd
- Surfer's surface
- Offering greeting
- Whitecap
- Friendly gesture
- Swell, at sea
- Stadium crowd antic
- Gestured greeting
- Undulation
- Silent farewell
- Greet from across the street, perhaps
- Silent acknowledgment
- One might be caught near a beach
- Breaker, e.g.
- Undulation in the stands
- Breaker at the shore
- Hi from a float
- Salt shaker?
- Signal Hello!
- Billow
- Billow
- A surfboard rides it
- Bleacherites' choreography
- Surfer's place
- Greet silently
- Bleachers choreography
- Bleacherites' move
- Surfboard support
- Stadium motion
- Stadium sight
- Undulate
- Greet by hand
- Surfer's challenge
- Signal "Hi!" or "Bye!"
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- Ocean swell
- See 30-Down
- Greet the crowd
- Flutter
- Greet, in a way
- Greet quietly
- Another rough seas feature
- Surfer's joy
- Something a surfer catches
- Whitecap, e.g.
- Ocean crest
- What a surfer catches
- Fans' diversion
- Bid farewell, in a way
- Gesture of greeting
- It may sweep you off your feet
- Something that may crash and break
- Ocean breaker
- Motion "hi"
- Silent greeting
- Beach lapper
- One way to offer a greeting
- Fans' cooperative display
- Flag (down)
- Surfer's catch
- Water ridden by a surfer
- Parade greeting
- Greeting from a parade float
- What a surfer may "catch"
- Stadium fans' creation
- Aspect of hydrodynamics
- Beckon
- Seashore sight
- Signal farewell
- A surfer rides it
- Say "bye" without speaking
- Say "hi" nonverbally
- Greeting
- Member of Katrina's band?
- Brandish
- Flourish
- Hand gesture - ridge of moving water
- Marine feature that could be permanent
- Shake a hand in the air
- Roller
- Ride for a surfer
- It breaks on the beach
- Roller - breaker
- Acknowledge your fans
- See 22 Down
- Ripple of Welsh prayer
- Float rider's greeting
- Coastal crasher
- Tidal ___
- David Gray "Say Hello, ___ Goodbye"
- Ballpark crowd antic
- Something the ocean makes
- Peak of activity
- Surface for surfing
- Float rider's gesture
- Good-bye gesture
- It may break on sand
- Ocean surge
- Tsunami, e.g.
- Image on an oscilloscope
- Gesture from a float
- Ripple
- Signal goodbye
- Permanent ___
- Grand move in the grandstands
- Sand castle destroyer
- It may break and crash
- Slight curl in long hair
- Say hi with your hand
- Say "Hi" without saying "Hi"
- Hand gesture
- Ocean feature
- Surfer's swell
- A surfer rides one
- Say "Hi" silently
- It can mean hello or goodbye
- Surfer's wish
- Surfer's curl
- Swell for a surfer
- Say hello quietly
- Tidal or radio
- What a surfer might ride
Last Seen In
- New York Times - January 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 23, 2025
- Daily American - August 23, 2025
- LA Times - June 01, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 10, 2025
- LA Times - January 31, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 26, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 21, 2024
- LA Times - November 12, 2024
- LA Times - September 30, 2024
- LA Times - August 25, 2024
- USA Today - June 21, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 08, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 21, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 12, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 23, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 01, 2024
- New York Times - October 26, 2023
- Daily American - August 23, 2023
- LA Times - April 06, 2023
- New York Times - March 17, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - March 13, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 25, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - February 24, 2023
- Family Time - January 23, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - December 02, 2022
- Family Time - October 31, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 12, 2022
- USA Today - October 01, 2022
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