BADLY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BADLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BADLY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BADLY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BADLY
No single letter turns BADLY into another word.
How BADLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BADLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What stands out about BADLY
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BADLY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
In a poor, faulty, or unsatisfactory way, or, in a different sense, to a great or urgent degree.
Badly usually judges how well something was done, as when a task is done badly or a wound heals badly. A second, unrelated use has nothing to do with quality: in phrases like badly needed or wanted badly, the word simply intensifies desire or necessity, closer in meaning to greatly than to poorly.
How BADLY is used
Common in everyday speech and writing, in both its judging and intensifying senses.
- The shelf was put up badly and soon fell.
- He behaved badly at the meeting and later apologised.
- The team played badly in the second half.
- Rain was badly needed after weeks of dry weather.
- She wanted the job badly enough to move cities for it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BADLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BADLY
The 5 tiles of BADLY in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in BADLY
Common questions about BADLY
- Is BADLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BADLY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BADLY worth?
- BADLY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BADLY mean?
- In a poor, faulty, or unsatisfactory way, or, in a different sense, to a great or urgent degree.
- What letters can be added to BADLY?
- No single letter can be added to BADLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BADLY:
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