Unscramble LICHWAKES to get 255 words. LICHWAKES itself is a real word: 21 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is LICHWAKE, 20 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from LICHWAKES split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 10 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
LICHWAKE is the only one of the 8-letter words in LICHWAKES; it scores 20 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble LICHWAKES, CHAWKS and WHACKS tie for first at 18 points. AWHILE, WHALES and SICKLE are everyday picks.
CHAWK and WHACK share the top score of 17 among the 5-letter words from LICHWAKES. WHILE, CHASE and WALKS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words made with LICHWAKES letters is HAWK, 14 points; CAWK and CHIK on 13 follow. EACH, CASH and WISH are everyday picks.
4 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble LICHWAKES tie at 10 points; none scores more. WAS, HAS and LAW will look familiar.
Trade one tile of LICHWAKES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with LI · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by WHACKS (18 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts LICHWAKES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LICHWAKES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 255) | 194 | 255 | 177 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 61 of them: LICHWAKES, LICHWAKE, CHAWKS, CHAWK, CHEKAS, WHILK, CAWKS, CHEKA, CHIKS, SWACK, CAWK, CHIK and 49 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: HAICKS, HAICK, WALKIES, LEWKS, LEWK, CHAIS, ICKS, SHWA, ACK, CHAI, KIS, AHI and 5 more.