Is LICKING valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts LICKING, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is LICKING worth?

LICKING is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to LICKING?

LICKING takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.

LICKING is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points

Yes. LICKING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.

l1i1c3k5i1n1g2

PlayableLICKING · 7 letters · 14 pts Scrabble · 18 pts WWF

14points in Scrabble

18points in Words with Friends

7letters

4hooks available

1 in 3,088 thousandodds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept LICKING?

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: 62 / 100

62WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

full rack

Tile availability 20%

4.86%

Our own measure of how useful LICKING is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for LICKING

Front hooks — 3

clicking17 flicking18 slicking15

Back hooks — 1

lickings15

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How LICKING scores

Scrabble l1i1c3k5i1n1g2 14

Words with Friends l2i1c4k5i1n2g3 18

Face value of the 7 tiles in LICKING, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
l	1	4
i	2	9
c	1	2
k	1	1
n	1	6
g	1	3

Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,088 thousand.

Words starting with LICKING

lickings15

1 longer words begin with LICKING.

Shorter words from the letters in LICKING

liking11 clink11 likin9 cling8 icing8 lick10 nick10 gink9 king9 kiln8 link8 ling5 ick9 ilk7 ink7 kin7 cig6 gin4 ing4 lig4 lin3 nil3 ki6 gi3 in2 li2

Common questions about LICKING

Is LICKING valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts LICKING, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is LICKING worth?: LICKING is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to LICKING?: LICKING takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 7 letters of LICKING:

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