LIKE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LIKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIKE?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIKE is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIKE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LIKE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does LIKE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To find agreeable or satisfactory.
Like once worked the other way round, so that a thing liked a person rather than the reverse, and the older order survives in one archaic phrase. The reversal happened in the middle ages.
How LIKE is used
Liked, likes. Also a preposition and noun.
- They like it well enough to keep coming back.
- The word like once worked the other way round.
- A thing liked a person in older English.
- The reversal in like happened in the middle ages.
- Two likes and no comments at all.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LIKE
Showing 24 of 29 words that begin with LIKE.
Words ending in LIKE
Showing 24 of 715 words that end in LIKE. Useful as a back hook: play LIKE onto a word already on the board.
Words with LIKE inside
Showing 24 of 48 words that contain LIKE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LIKE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LIKE
Common questions about LIKE
- Is LIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIKE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIKE worth?
- LIKE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIKE mean?
- To find agreeable or satisfactory.
- What letters can be added to LIKE?
- LIKE takes 7 hooks: 3 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LIKE:
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