271 words come out when you unscramble CRANELIKE, starting with CRANELIKE itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. CLANKIER is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CRANELIKE split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 12 with 7, 56 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 56 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CRANELIKE, 17 score 12 points, the group's best. LINEAR, KERNEL and NICKEL are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from CRANELIKE, the top score is 11, reached by 15. CLEAR, CLEAN and CREEK are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CRANELIKE tie at 10 points; none scores more. LIKE, LINK and LAKE will look familiar.
ACK and ICK share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words from CRANELIKE. ARE, CAN and CAR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of CRANELIKE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with CR · ending in KE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CLANKIER (14 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts CRANELIKE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRANELIKE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 271) | 210 | 271 | 200 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
61 of the 271 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CRANELIKE, EIRACK, ICKLER, NICKAR, RECKAN, RICKLE, ACKER, ALECK, CLEIK, EARLIKE, ERICK, ICKLE and 49 more. 10 of the 271 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CLANKIER, CANKLE, ACK, ALKIE, KRAI, EEK, INCEL, KI, CAL and RAI.
These 2 words take every letter of CRANELIKE plus a single extra one.