113 words come out when you unscramble WAIFLIKE, starting with WAIFLIKE itself: 18 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is WAKF, 14 points. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
W4A1I1F4L12I1K5E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from WAIFLIKE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 5, 54 with 4, 33 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 7 or 6 letters.
The best of the 4-letter words in WAIFLIKE is WAKF, 14 points; FAIK and FAKE on 11 follow. LIKE, LIFE and FILE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of WAIFLIKE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with WA · ending in KE · all 8-letter words
What WAIFLIKE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept WAIFLIKE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAIFLIKE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 113) | 83 | 110 | 73 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WAKF, KWELA, FAIK, FIKE, KEWL, LAWK, WELK, WIFIE, AWK, EWK, KAW, FAW and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FAKIE, FILK, LEWK, WIKI, ALKIE, WALIE, WALI, KI, EW and FE, 10 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: WIFI, ALF and FI, 3 in all.