Unscramble likes

34 words come out when you unscramble LIKES, starting with LIKES itself: 9 in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 9 reach 8 points, LIKE, SILK and ELKS among them. It has 5 letters, 2 vowels and 3 consonants.

Looking for skile, eslki, kiesl, siekl, iskle, kiles, kilse, liesk, iksle or lkies? They use the same letters as LIKES, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.

Possible Words From likes

By length, the words from LIKES split into 1 with 5 letters, 14 with 4, 13 with 3 and 6 with 2.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with likes

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4 Letter Words You Can Make with likes

14 4-letter words in LIKES; 9 of them share the top score of 8. LIKE, LIES and SILK are everyday picks.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with likes

7 of 13 3-letter words made with LIKES letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. SKI, LIE and ELK will look familiar.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with likes

The best of the 2-letter words you get when you unscramble LIKES is KI, 6 points; EL and ES on 2 follow. IS is an everyday pick.

Change One Tile in LIKES

These 6 words have the length of LIKES, with one letter different:

K D gives SLIDE · unscramble slide
K F gives FILES · words from files
L P gives SPIKE · unscramble spike
K N gives LINES · words from lines
E C gives SLICK · unscramble slick
E Y gives SILKY · unscramble silky

More 5-letter words: starting with LI · ending in ES · all 5-letter words

Add two letters to LIKES:

LIKES + B + O · unscramble obelisk

Meanings of the Strongest LIKES Answers

The meaning of LIKES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.

Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends

LIKES 9 · 10: to find pleasant
ELKS 8 · 9: a large deer
ILKS 8 · 9: a class or kind
LEKS 8 · 9: a monetary unit of Albania
LIKE 8 · 9: possessing the same or almost the same characteristics
SIKE 8 · 8: a small stream
SILK 8 · 9: to cover with a soft, lustrous fabric
ELK 7 · 8: a large deer

Is LIKES Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LIKES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.

Game	Scrabble US	Scrabble UK	Words With Friends*
LIKES itself	Yes	Yes	Yes
Answers accepted (of 34)	27	34	25

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EIKS, LISK, SEIK, EIK, SIK, SEIL and SILE, 7 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: KIS and KI, 2 in all.

Add a Letter to LIKES

With one more tile, the letters of LIKES spell the words below.

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