ALIKENESS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ALIKENESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALIKENESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALIKENESS is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALIKENESS
No single letter turns ALIKENESS into another word.
How ALIKENESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ALIKENESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALIKENESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALIKENESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The fact of being similar or resembling another.
Alikeness is a plain but uncommon noun, and most writers pick similarity or resemblance. It stresses how two things strike the eye as the same.
How ALIKENESS is used
Uncommon; used where similarity would also fit.
- The alikeness between the twins was striking.
- Nobody noticed the alikeness of the two designs.
- She felt a strange alikeness in their voices.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALIKENESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALIKENESS
The 9 tiles of ALIKENESS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ALIKENESS
1 longer words begin with ALIKENESS.
Shorter words from the letters in ALIKENESS
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Common questions about ALIKENESS
- Is ALIKENESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALIKENESS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALIKENESS worth?
- ALIKENESS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALIKENESS mean?
- The fact of being similar or resembling another.
- What letters can be added to ALIKENESS?
- No single letter can be added to ALIKENESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ALIKENESS:
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