ILK is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ILK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ILK?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ILK is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ILK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ILK scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ILK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does ILK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A type or a kind.
Ilk is Scots and it began as a legal formula: of that ilk meant of the same estate, so a man named Guthrie of that ilk held the lands of Guthrie. English misread the phrase as meaning of that sort, and the mistake is now the ordinary sense everywhere.
How ILK is used
Countable, nearly always in of that ilk. Slightly disparaging.
- Consultants and others of that ilk were everywhere.
- The phrase of that ilk once meant of the same estate.
- He has no time for politicians of any ilk.
- Scots law used ilk long before English misread it.
- An ilk in modern use is a type and usually a suspect one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ILK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ILK
4 longer words begin with ILK.
Words ending in ILK
13 words end in ILK. Useful as a back hook: play ILK onto a word already on the board.
Words with ILK inside
Showing 24 of 97 words that contain ILK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ILK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ILK
Common questions about ILK
- Is ILK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ILK, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ILK worth?
- ILK is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ILK mean?
- A type or a kind.
- What letters can be added to ILK?
- ILK takes 6 hooks: 4 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ILK:
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