GLIKE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. GLIKE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GLIKE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GLIKE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLIKE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
glikesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GLIKE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GLIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does GLIKE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
An archaic word for a scornful sneer or mocking taunt.
Glike is recorded in Shakespeare, where a character speaks of returning glikes for insults received, and the word names a contemptuous grin or jibe rather than any particular phrase. It appears to share ground with gleek, another Elizabethan word for a taunting joke or sidelong scoff, though the two are treated as separate entries in most dictionaries. Outside that handful of early uses, glike essentially vanished from English and never returned to ordinary speech or writing. Anyone who meets glike today almost certainly meets it in a glossary or a word list rather than in a sentence someone actually spoke.
How GLIKE is used
Archaic; known chiefly from early drama and unused in current English.
- Shakespeare gave the word glike a memorable line in one play.
- A glike from the crowd cut deeper than any shout.
- The old glossary defines glike as a scornful, mocking sneer.
- Nobody today would call an insult a glike.
- Scholars still argue over how common glike once was.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLIKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GLIKE
The 5 tiles of GLIKE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GLIKE
1 longer words begin with GLIKE.
Words ending in GLIKE
Showing 24 of 28 words that end in GLIKE. Useful as a back hook: play GLIKE onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in GLIKE
Common questions about GLIKE
- Is GLIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GLIKE is not in it.
- How many points is GLIKE worth?
- GLIKE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLIKE mean?
- An archaic word for a scornful sneer or mocking taunt.
- What letters can be added to GLIKE?
- GLIKE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GLIKE:
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