HAIRLIKE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HAIRLIKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAIRLIKE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAIRLIKE is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAIRLIKE
No single letter turns HAIRLIKE into another word.
How HAIRLIKE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HAIRLIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HAIRLIKE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HAIRLIKE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Resembling a hair, especially in being long, slender and very fine.
Scientists and gardeners reach for hairlike when a structure is thin enough to be compared with a single strand. The word describes shape only, so a hairlike root or crack says nothing about colour or texture.
How HAIRLIKE is used
Common in descriptions of plants, fibres, cracks and other very thin things.
- The seedling sent out hairlike roots into the damp soil.
- A hairlike crack ran across the old china cup.
- The insect has hairlike feelers that detect tiny movements.
- She used a hairlike wire to thread the bead.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAIRLIKE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HAIRLIKE
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Common questions about HAIRLIKE
- Is HAIRLIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAIRLIKE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAIRLIKE worth?
- HAIRLIKE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAIRLIKE mean?
- Resembling a hair, especially in being long, slender and very fine.
- What letters can be added to HAIRLIKE?
- No single letter can be added to HAIRLIKE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HAIRLIKE:
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