Unscramble SHARKLIKE and you have 254 words, SHARKLIKE itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is SHIKKER, 18 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SHARKLIKE split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 8 with 7, 42 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in SHARKLIKE: RASHLIKE, 15 points.
KHAKIS, KISHKA and KISHKE are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SHARKLIKE, 17 points each. SERIAL, SHAKER and RELISH will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words from SHARKLIKE, KHAKI leads with 16 points, then EKKAS and KAIKS on 13. LAKES, LIKES and SHAKE are the familiar ones.
EKKA tops the 4-letter words made with SHARKLIKE letters at 12 points; next come HAIK and HAKE on 11. LIKE, RISK and LAKE will look familiar.
KAK scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SHARKLIKE at 11 points, ahead of KHI on 10 and AKE on 7. ARE, HAS and AIR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SHARKLIKE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SH · ending in KE · all 9-letter words
What SHARKLIKE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHARKLIKE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHARKLIKE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 254) | 199 | 254 | 183 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 55 of them: SKRIKE, KAIKS, LAKISH, SAKIEH, SHREIK, HASK, KAK, KESH, KISH, LAIKERS, SERKALI, LAIKER and 43 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: EKKAS, SHIKRA, EKKA, HALIERS, ALKIE, HALIER, KRAIS, KRAI, SIKA, AHIS, KIS, AHI and 4 more.