WAIFLIKE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. WAIFLIKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WAIFLIKE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAIFLIKE is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAIFLIKE
No single letter turns WAIFLIKE into another word.
How WAIFLIKE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WAIFLIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WAIFLIKE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WAIFLIKE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Thin, small and looking neglected, like a homeless child.
Describing someone as waiflike usually means a young person who looks frail or underfed. It can be sympathetic, but it may also describe a fashionable slender look.
How WAIFLIKE is used
Used in descriptions of people, especially in fiction and fashion writing.
- The waiflike girl stood shivering at the station.
- Her waiflike figure made her look younger than she was.
- The designer favoured waiflike models.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAIFLIKE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WAIFLIKE
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Common questions about WAIFLIKE
- Is WAIFLIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAIFLIKE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAIFLIKE worth?
- WAIFLIKE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAIFLIKE mean?
- Thin, small and looking neglected, like a homeless child.
- What letters can be added to WAIFLIKE?
- No single letter can be added to WAIFLIKE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WAIFLIKE:
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