BELIKE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BELIKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BELIKE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BELIKE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BELIKE
No single letter turns BELIKE into another word.
How BELIKE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BELIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 250,853.
What does BELIKE mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaic
Perhaps or probably; in all likelihood.
Belike is made from be- and like in the older sense of likely, so it literally means by what is likely. It was common in Shakespeare's time and is still found in plays, historical novels and mock-old speech. A modern speaker would say probably or most likely, and belike would sound deliberately antique.
How BELIKE is used
Archaic; used in period dialogue and for humorous old-fashioned effect.
- Belike he has lost his way in the fog.
- The messenger is late, and belike the roads are flooded.
- She will belike refuse, for she has done so before.
- In the old comedy a servant says belike the master is asleep.
- Belike you have heard the rumour already.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BELIKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BELIKE
Common questions about BELIKE
- Is BELIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BELIKE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BELIKE worth?
- BELIKE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BELIKE mean?
- Perhaps or probably; in all likelihood.
- What letters can be added to BELIKE?
- No single letter can be added to BELIKE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BELIKE:
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