BAWDILY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BAWDILY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAWDILY?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAWDILY is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAWDILY
No single letter turns BAWDILY into another word.
How BAWDILY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BAWDILY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does BAWDILY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
In a coarse, humorous way that makes jokes about sex.
Something done bawdily is cheerfully rude rather than cruel, like a ballad sung in a tavern. The adverb grows from bawdy and is used most often of songs, jokes and storytelling.
How BAWDILY is used
Describes how someone speaks, sings or jokes.
- The sailors sang bawdily as they rowed.
- She laughed bawdily at the old joke.
- The comedy poked bawdily at the vicar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAWDILY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BAWDILY
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Common questions about BAWDILY
- Is BAWDILY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAWDILY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAWDILY worth?
- BAWDILY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAWDILY mean?
- In a coarse, humorous way that makes jokes about sex.
- What letters can be added to BAWDILY?
- No single letter can be added to BAWDILY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BAWDILY:
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