Unscramble HUMPLIKE and you have 116 words, HUMPLIKE itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. KEMP is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from HUMPLIKE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 6, 12 with 5, 41 with 4, 43 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 7 letters.
KEMP tops the 4-letter words from HUMPLIKE at 12 points; next come HEMP and HIKE on 11. HELP, LIKE and MIKE will look familiar.
KHI scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HUMPLIKE at 10 points, ahead of KEP and KIP on 9. HIP, LIE and PIE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HUMPLIKE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HU · ending in KE · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; KEMP (12 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HUMPLIKE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUMPLIKE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 116) | 89 | 115 | 83 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 26 of them: HUMPLIKE, HUMLIE, KUEH, MELIK, PIKUL, KILP, KIPE, PILUM, PUMIE, UMPIE, LUKE, PIUM and 14 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: UMPH, PULK, MEH, MULIE, KI and LIPE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: HEMI.