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LIKES

5 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What LIKES Means

LIKES is a form of LIKE, which means:

  1. verb: to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something“Do you care to try this dish?”
  2. verb: find enjoyable or agreeable“I like jogging”
  3. adjective: resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination“suits of like design”
  4. adjective: equal in amount or value“like amounts”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LIKES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 I1 K5 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In LIKES

34 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (14)

3 letter words (14)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing LIKES

LIKES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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