likening needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 57 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
likening is the highest-scoring word from likening, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 57 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in likening — and it is likening itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in likening produces 3 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are inkling, kilning, and linking, each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling likening turns up 4 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with liking and lining. For points, the strongest plays are inking and liking — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 10 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in likening. If a familiar word is all you need, start with genii. For points, the strongest plays are eking and klieg — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in likening produces 13 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with king, like, line, link, and nine. For points, the strongest plays are gink and king — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling likening turns up 19 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ink, leg, and lie. For points, the strongest play is keg — worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 7 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in likening. If a familiar word is all you need, start with in. For points, the strongest play is ki — worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in likening and you get a different eight-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 7 of the 8 letters, not all of them.
likening is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 4-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record one sense for likening. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 13 points on a Scrabble board:
likening is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing likening unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is likening, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from likening earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in likening produce 57 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 3 seven-letter words, 4 six-letter words, 10 five-letter words, 13 four-letter words, 19 three-letter words and 7 two-letter words.