Unscramble HIVELIKE and you have 48 words, HIVELIKE itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are KEVEL, KEVIL and KIEVE, 12 points each. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HIVELIKE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 5, 19 with 4, 16 with 3 and 7 with 2. None has 7 or 6 letters.
Keep every letter of HIVELIKE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HI · ending in KE · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; KEVEL and KEVIL (12 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HIVELIKE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIVELIKE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 48) | 40 | 48 | 37 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 8 of them: HIVELIKE, KIEVE, KIEV, EIK, HELE, LEVE, VELE and EE. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: EEK, VLEI and KI.