Unscramble LYKEWAKES to get 200 words. LYKEWAKES itself is a real word: 23 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12Y43K5E1W4A1K5E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LYKEWAKES split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 12 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
LYKEWAKE is the only one of the 8-letter words in LYKEWAKES; it scores 22 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LYKEWAKES, KYAKS leads with 16 points, then EKKAS and KEEKS on 13. WEEKS, LEASE and LAKES are the familiar ones.
KYAK tops the 4-letter words made with LYKEWAKES letters at 15 points; next come ALKY and AWKS on 11. WEEK, EASY and LAKE will look familiar.
KAK scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble LYKEWAKES at 11 points, ahead of AWK and EWK on 10. WAS, WAY and LAW are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LYKEWAKES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LY · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SKYWALK (21 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: LYKEWAKES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYKEWAKES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 200) | 143 | 200 | 137 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 57 of them: LYKEWAKES, LYKEWAKE, KEKSYE, KWELAS, SKEELY, WELKES, KAYLE, KWELA, KYLES, LAWKS, WELKE, WELKS and 45 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: EKKAS, LEWKS, LEWK, EEW, YAS and EW.