POETLIKE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. POETLIKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POETLIKE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POETLIKE is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POETLIKE
No single letter turns POETLIKE into another word.
How POETLIKE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in POETLIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POETLIKE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POETLIKE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Resembling or befitting a poet.
Poetlike is a loose, informal coinage, and it can be a compliment or a gentle tease. It suggests dreamy, sensitive behaviour or an appearance such as untidy hair and faraway eyes.
How POETLIKE is used
Poetlike is used playfully to describe a person's manner or look.
- He had a poetlike habit of staring out of windows.
- Her poetlike gloom amused her friends.
- The poetlike cottage was buried in roses.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POETLIKE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in POETLIKE
Showing 40 of 145. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about POETLIKE
- Is POETLIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POETLIKE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POETLIKE worth?
- POETLIKE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POETLIKE mean?
- Resembling or befitting a poet.
- What letters can be added to POETLIKE?
- No single letter can be added to POETLIKE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of POETLIKE:
Open POETLIKE in the Word Finder