ROOTLIKE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ROOTLIKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROOTLIKE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROOTLIKE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROOTLIKE
No single letter turns ROOTLIKE into another word.
How ROOTLIKE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ROOTLIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ROOTLIKE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ROOTLIKE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Having the shape or look of a root.
Botanists apply rootlike to structures such as rhizoids or stems that grow underground and thin out. The word is a plain description of appearance and does not imply that the part functions as a real root.
How ROOTLIKE is used
Found in descriptions of plants, fungi and other organisms.
- The moss clings to bark with fine rootlike threads.
- A pale rootlike growth spread beneath the stone.
- Under the lens, the rootlike filaments looked like tiny hairs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROOTLIKE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ROOTLIKE
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Common questions about ROOTLIKE
- Is ROOTLIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROOTLIKE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROOTLIKE worth?
- ROOTLIKE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROOTLIKE mean?
- Having the shape or look of a root.
- What letters can be added to ROOTLIKE?
- No single letter can be added to ROOTLIKE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ROOTLIKE:
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