SEAMANLIKE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SEAMANLIKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEAMANLIKE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEAMANLIKE is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEAMANLIKE
No single letter turns SEAMANLIKE into another word.
How SEAMANLIKE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SEAMANLIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SEAMANLIKE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SEAMANLIKE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
nautical
Showing the skill, care and good judgement expected of a capable sailor.
A seamanlike manoeuvre is one carried out properly and without fuss, the way an experienced hand would do it. The word is old-fashioned and is praise from the sea: a seamanlike knot holds, and a seamanlike captain keeps a tidy ship.
How SEAMANLIKE is used
Used in nautical writing to praise sound seamanship.
- The crew made a seamanlike recovery after the squall.
- He tied the rope in a seamanlike fashion.
- It was a seamanlike decision to reef the sails early.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEAMANLIKE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SEAMANLIKE
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Common questions about SEAMANLIKE
- Is SEAMANLIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEAMANLIKE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEAMANLIKE worth?
- SEAMANLIKE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEAMANLIKE mean?
- Showing the skill, care and good judgement expected of a capable sailor.
- What letters can be added to SEAMANLIKE?
- No single letter can be added to SEAMANLIKE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SEAMANLIKE:
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