Jumble solved
Is LIKES a word? Yes.
LIKES is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 5 letters, worth 9 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 27 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 27
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 5 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 2 : 3
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 2 vowels (I, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 3 remaining consonants (L, K, S).
Anagrams of LIKES
One word uses all 5 letters:
- likes
5-letter words
1 word found4-letter words
9 words found3-letter words
11 words found2-letter words
6 words foundWords hidden inside LIKES
Without moving a single letter, reading likes straight through uncovers 1 shorter word — like. The longest unbroken run is like.
- like8
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Add one letter to LIKES
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and likes opens up 14 6-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
5
Distinct
5
Vowels
40%
I, E
Consonants
60%
L, K, S
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Solving LIKES: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters likes?
Rearranging the 5 letters in likes produces 27 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 5-letter answer likes here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does likes have any anagrams?
Using all 5 letters, likes rearranges into exactly one word: likes.
What is the longest word you can make from likes?
The longest solution is likes at 5 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from likes?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: likes yields elk, els, ilk, kis, lei, lek, lie, lis, sei and sel. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
Which word from likes scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, likes is the top scorer from likes at 9 points, followed by elks (8), ilks (8) and leks (8). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside likes?
Read left to right without moving any letters and likes already contains 1 shorter word: like. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is like. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.