SCALELIKE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SCALELIKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCALELIKE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCALELIKE is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCALELIKE
No single letter turns SCALELIKE into another word.
How SCALELIKE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SCALELIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCALELIKE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SCALELIKE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Resembling the small, thin, overlapping plates that cover fish and reptiles.
Scalelike describes surfaces that overlap in tiny plates, such as bark, leaves, skin or patterned cloth. Biologists use it to avoid claiming a true scale.
How SCALELIKE is used
Used in biology and descriptive writing.
- The cypress has small, scalelike leaves.
- His dry skin developed scalelike patches.
- The roof tiles had a scalelike pattern.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCALELIKE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SCALELIKE
Showing 40 of 264. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about SCALELIKE
- Is SCALELIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCALELIKE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCALELIKE worth?
- SCALELIKE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCALELIKE mean?
- Resembling the small, thin, overlapping plates that cover fish and reptiles.
- What letters can be added to SCALELIKE?
- No single letter can be added to SCALELIKE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SCALELIKE:
Open SCALELIKE in the Word Finder