Unscramble HEADLIKE to get 149 words. HEADLIKE itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HEADLIKE split into 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 6, 19 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among the 4-letter words from HEADLIKE, DHAK leads with 12 points, then HAIK and HAKE on 11. LIKE, HEAD and LAKE are the familiar ones.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HEADLIKE is KHI, 10 points; DAK and KED on 8 follow. HAD, AID and LED are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of HEADLIKE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with HE · ending in KE · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HIKED, KHADI and KHEDA (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HEADLIKE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEADLIKE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 149) | 116 | 149 | 109 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: HEADLIKE, LAIKED, EIKED, KIDEL, AKED, DEEK, DIKA, HEALD, HELED, KADE, KAED, KAID and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: ALKIE, AHED, EEK, AHI, KI, LAH and DA.
This word takes every letter of HEADLIKE plus a single extra one.