WOMANLIKE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. WOMANLIKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOMANLIKE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOMANLIKE is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOMANLIKE
No single letter turns WOMANLIKE into another word.
How WOMANLIKE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in WOMANLIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WOMANLIKE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about WOMANLIKE
- All 9 letters of WOMANLIKE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WOMANLIKE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rareliterary
Resembling or befitting a woman in manner or character.
Womanlike is a rarely seen alternative to womanly, found mostly in older or literary prose. Modern writers tend to avoid it because it can carry old-fashioned assumptions about how women ought to behave.
How WOMANLIKE is used
Occurs mainly in older writing; womanly or feminine is the usual modern pick.
- The novelist praised her womanlike patience.
- He described the portrait as gentle and womanlike.
- Her womanlike grace was noted by every visitor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOMANLIKE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WOMANLIKE
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Common questions about WOMANLIKE
- Is WOMANLIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOMANLIKE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOMANLIKE worth?
- WOMANLIKE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOMANLIKE mean?
- Resembling or befitting a woman in manner or character.
- What letters can be added to WOMANLIKE?
- No single letter can be added to WOMANLIKE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of WOMANLIKE:
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