ASSUMABLY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ASSUMABLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASSUMABLY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASSUMABLY is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASSUMABLY
No single letter turns ASSUMABLY into another word.
How ASSUMABLY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ASSUMABLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ASSUMABLY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ASSUMABLY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
rare
As may be taken for granted without proof.
Speakers choose assumably when they want to flag that a claim rests on an unchecked guess rather than known fact. It sounds close to presumably, though it is much less common and can look odd in careful writing.
How ASSUMABLY is used
Occurs in informal writing and speech to introduce a likely but unconfirmed statement.
- The shop is assumably closed, since the lights are off.
- Assumably, the train was delayed by the storm.
- He is assumably still at the office, but I have not heard from him.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASSUMABLY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ASSUMABLY
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Common questions about ASSUMABLY
- Is ASSUMABLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASSUMABLY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASSUMABLY worth?
- ASSUMABLY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASSUMABLY mean?
- As may be taken for granted without proof.
- What letters can be added to ASSUMABLY?
- No single letter can be added to ASSUMABLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ASSUMABLY:
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