YLIKE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. YLIKE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept YLIKE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YLIKE is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YLIKE
No single letter turns YLIKE into another word.
How YLIKE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YLIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What stands out about YLIKE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does YLIKE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicliterarypoetic
Alike; the same in appearance or manner.
Ylike is an older spelling built on the same root as alike, and it turns up chiefly in Spenserian and other early poetic verse rather than in ordinary prose. A poet reaching for an archaic flavour or an extra syllable to fit a line could choose ylike over the plainer alike. Modern readers meet it almost exclusively when quoting or studying older texts.
How YLIKE is used
Archaic; found in older verse and in quotation, not in current everyday speech.
- The twin towers stood ylike against the sky.
- Spenser used ylike where a later writer would put alike.
- The two knights bore shields ylike in design.
- An old gloss explains that ylike simply means alike.
- The verse reads ylike in the original printing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YLIKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YLIKE
The 5 tiles of YLIKE in a different order — 2 found.
Words ending in YLIKE
Showing 24 of 28 words that end in YLIKE. Useful as a back hook: play YLIKE onto a word already on the board.
Words with YLIKE inside
4 words contain YLIKE in the middle. Words that start with YLIKE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YLIKE
Common questions about YLIKE
- Is YLIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YLIKE is not in it.
- How many points is YLIKE worth?
- YLIKE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YLIKE mean?
- Alike; the same in appearance or manner.
- What letters can be added to YLIKE?
- No single letter can be added to YLIKE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YLIKE:
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