286 words come out when you unscramble SWORDLIKE, starting with SWORDLIKE itself: 17 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. WORKED is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SWORDLIKE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 17 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in SWORDLIKE: WORLDIES, for 12 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SWORDLIKE, WORKED leads with 14 points, then DIKERS and DIRKES on 11. WORLDS, SLOWER and OLDIES are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words from SWORDLIKE; 5 of them share the top score of 12. WORKS, WORDS and WEIRD are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words made with SWORDLIKE letters, the top score is 11, reached by 9. LIKE, WORK and KIDS are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SWORDLIKE, EWK, KOW and WOK tie for first at 10 points. OLD, LOW and RED are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SWORDLIKE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SW · ending in KE · all 9-letter words
What SWORDLIKE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SWORDLIKE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWORDLIKE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 286) | 201 | 286 | 176 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
85 of the 286 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SKODIER, WELKS, WORLDIES, WROKE, DIRKES, DOWLIER, EWKS, KEWL, KIDELS, KOWS, KRISED, LIRKED and 73 more. 25 of the 286 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LEWKS, WOKER, DISKER, DROKES, LEWK, SKOLED, SKRIED, WORDIES, DROKE, WORDIE, KORIS, OWLIER and 13 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of SWORDLIKE and one more.