60 words come out when you unscramble FOLKLIKE, starting with FOLKLIKE itself: 19 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FOLKIE leads with 13 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
F4O1L12K5L12I1K5E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FOLKLIKE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 6, 4 with 5, 21 with 4, 19 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 7 letters.
FOLKIE is the only one of the 6-letter words in FOLKLIKE; it scores 13 points.
Keep every letter of FOLKLIKE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FO · ending in KE · all 8-letter words
What FOLKLIKE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FOLKLIKE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOLKLIKE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 60) | 51 | 58 | 43 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: KLIK, FILK, OIK, KI, OK, FE, OLLIE, LILO and OI. Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 7 of them: FIKE, FOLIE, KELL, LOKE, EIK, KO and IO. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: KIKE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.