WHIPLIKE is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. WHIPLIKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHIPLIKE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHIPLIKE is to know. It scores 20 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHIPLIKE
No single letter turns WHIPLIKE into another word.
How WHIPLIKE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WHIPLIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WHIPLIKE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WHIPLIKE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Long, thin and flexible, like a whip.
Biologists call a tail or a tiny filament whiplike when it lashes from side to side. Writers also use it for sharp, sudden movements and for stinging speech. Because the comparison is clear, whiplike needs little extra explanation.
How WHIPLIKE is used
Used in biology and in ordinary description of thin, flexible or stinging things.
- The cell moves by means of a whiplike tail.
- A whiplike branch snapped back across his face.
- She gave a whiplike reply that silenced the room.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHIPLIKE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WHIPLIKE
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Common questions about WHIPLIKE
- Is WHIPLIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHIPLIKE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHIPLIKE worth?
- WHIPLIKE is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHIPLIKE mean?
- Long, thin and flexible, like a whip.
- What letters can be added to WHIPLIKE?
- No single letter can be added to WHIPLIKE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WHIPLIKE:
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