JEWELLIKE is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. JEWELLIKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 27 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JEWELLIKE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JEWELLIKE is to know. It scores 23 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JEWELLIKE
No single letter turns JEWELLIKE into another word.
How JEWELLIKE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in JEWELLIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so JEWELLIKE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does JEWELLIKE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having the brilliance, rich colour or delicate perfection of a precious stone.
Writers pick jewellike for small things that catch the light in vivid colour, such as beetles, glass or dewdrops. It praises intensity and clarity. The comparison is to polished gems, not to jewellery in general.
How JEWELLIKE is used
Used in descriptive and literary prose; jewel-like with a hyphen is also seen.
- The beetle had a jewellike green shell.
- Jewellike lights glittered across the harbour at dusk.
- The painter was famous for jewellike colours.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JEWELLIKE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in JEWELLIKE
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Common questions about JEWELLIKE
- Is JEWELLIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JEWELLIKE, where it scores 27 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JEWELLIKE worth?
- JEWELLIKE is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 27 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JEWELLIKE mean?
- Having the brilliance, rich colour or delicate perfection of a precious stone.
- What letters can be added to JEWELLIKE?
- No single letter can be added to JEWELLIKE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of JEWELLIKE:
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