Later edit:  I'm learning how to use Mike Wolfberg's WHAT program, and my first stab at generating 8-letter -LIKE words with, say, an A and three consonants before -LIKE, the only method I could find that worked was to ask for ALIKE???, and pick out the words ending in -LIKE.  And I missed LATHLIKE and WANDLIKE using this method.  One of the reasons for that is that the display was so large it overfilled my screen and I forgot to scroll.

Ah, but I found a query that pinpointed just what I was asking for.  ....like,A3(C)

I'm saying this so I'll remember the technique.  The comma with no space after it sets the condition that I want three consonants and an A.  The four dots before like asks for the pattern.

Corrected list appears below this edit.

SUCH a Long Time ...

...since I've posted.  Obama's been elected, and I'm back to studying Scrabble words, when I'm not blogging as Twoberry and when I'm not keeping up with my hyperactive everlovin' Barbara and when I'm not paying attention to my day job.

Let's get back to Scrabble.  And let's see if I can remember all of the eight-letter words ending in -LIKE.  How many are there?  Let's start with AGUELIKE HYMNLIKE LYNXLIKE.  The rest will have one or two vowels amongst the first four letters, unlike AGUE (3 vowels) and HYMN LYNX (none at all).

ONE VOWEL

A:  My mnemonic is LAP CAWS 43539 (and I caution readers not to try to figure that out).  I'm just testing myself to see if I can type all 38 of these words from memory.

BALM
BARN
CALF
CLAM
CLAW
CLAY

CRAB
DAWN
FANG
FAWN
GNAT
HAND

HAWK
JAZZ
LADY
LAMB
LARD
LATH

SACK
SALT
SAND
SCAB
SLAB
SNAG

SPAR
STAR
SWAN
TANK
TRAP
WAND

WART
WASP

Yay!  All 38 accounted for.  3 + 38 = 41

E:  FEG HENS 22324  (16 in all)

FELT
FERN
GERM
GLEN

HEMP
HERB
HERD
NECK

NEST
SERF
SHED
STEM

STEP
TENT
VEST
WHEY

41 + 16 = 57

I:  DIS IWIS 343 (20 in all)

BIRD
DISC
DISH
DISK
FILM

FISH
KILT
KING
LILY
MILK

PITH
RING
SIGH
SILK
SKIN

SLIT
TWIG
WHIP
WING
WISP

57 + 20 = 77

O:  COW WOOF 533 (26)

BOLT
BOWL
COCK
COMB
CORD

CORK
CORM
DOWN
FOLK

FORK
FROG
GONG
HORN

KNOB
KNOT
LOFT
LORD
MOSS

MOTH
ROCK
SNOW
SONG

TOMB
WOLF
WOMB
WORM

(Nuts, I missed DOWN.  It's there now.)

77 + 26 = 103

U:  SPUR THUD 32 (18)

BUSH
CULT
DRUM
DUST
GULF
HUMP

HUSK
PLUM
PUMP
PUSS
RUBY
RUFF

RUSH
SCUM
SUCH
SURF
TURF
TUSK

103 + 18 = 121

TWO VOWELS

AA:

LAVA

121+ 1 = 122

AE:  BLEACH SAGE 532 (22)

BEAD
BEAK
BEAM
BEAN

BEAR
CAGE
CAVE
GAME

GATE
HARE
HEAD

JADE
LACE
LAKE
LEAF

MAZE
PEAK
SEAL
SEAM

TAPE
VASE
WAVE

122 + 22 = 144

AI:

HAIR
TAIL
WAIF

144 + 3 = 147

AO:  Goa 2 (9)

BOAT
FOAM
GOAD

GOAT
HALO
MOAT

NOVA
SOAP
TOAD

147 + 9 = 156

AU:

AUNT
FAUN
QUAY

156 + 3 = 159

EE:

DEER
REED
SEED
TREE
WEED

159 + 5 = 164

EI:  VIEW PILOT 52 (16)

EPIC
HIVE
KITE
LIFE

LINE
PINE
PIPE
TIDE

TILE
VEIL
VEIN
VICE

VINE
VISE
WIFE
WIRE

164 + 16 = 180

EO:  CON IODOPHOR 12 (11)

COKE
DOME
DOVE
HOME

HOSE
NOSE
OVEN
POET

POPE
ROPE
ROSE

180 + 11 = 191

EU:  JUDGE EFFORT (7)

DUNE
FUME
FUSE
GLUE

JUTE
RUNE
TUBE

191 + 7 = 196=8

II:  none

IO:

IRON
LION

198 + 2 = 200

IU:

SUIT

200 + 1 = 201

OO:  HOORAH MAN-WIFE 42 (10)

FOOT
HOOD
HOOF
HOOK
HOOP

MOON
NOOK
ROOF
ROOT
WOOL

201 + 10 = 211

OU: 

SOUL
SOUP

211 + 2 = 213

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