Unscramble HERDLIKE and you have 142 words, HERDLIKE itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. HIKED and DHIKR are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HERDLIKE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 6, 25 with 5, 60 with 4, 35 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 7 letters.
The 5-letter words made with HERDLIKE letters are led by DHIKR and HIKED, 13 points each. LIKED, ELDER and HIRED are the familiar ones.
HIKE tops the 4-letter words from HERDLIKE at 11 points; next come DEEK and DEKE on 9. HERE, LIKE and HELD will look familiar.
KHI scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HERDLIKE at 10 points, ahead of KED and KID on 8. RED, LED and DIE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HERDLIKE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HE · ending in KE · all 8-letter words
The meaning of HERDLIKE, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. HERDLIKE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERDLIKE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 142) | 107 | 142 | 102 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LIRKED, DIRKE, EIKED, HERIED, KIDEL, REKED, DEEK, HELED, KEREL, KILD, EHED, HEID and 23 more, 35 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DHIKR, HIREE, EEK, KI and LEDE, 5 in all.