Is LIKEN a word?
LIKEN is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 19 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, LIKEN is a valid word.
What does liken mean?
verb: consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous.
“We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
LIKEN: word details
- Pronunciation: LEYE-kuhn (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 9 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so LIKEN works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of liken
Shorter words inside liken
Words you can make from the letters of liken.
Solve a whole rack, not just LIKEN
LIKEN is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does LIKEN mean?
LIKEN is a verb. It means: consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous.
Is LIKEN a valid word?
Yes, LIKEN is a valid word. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.