BELIEVABLY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. BELIEVABLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BELIEVABLY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BELIEVABLY is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BELIEVABLY
No single letter turns BELIEVABLY into another word.
How BELIEVABLY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in BELIEVABLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BELIEVABLY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BELIEVABLY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
In a manner that people can accept as true or realistic.
Actors are praised when they play a role believably, and novelists when characters behave believably. The word points to how convincing the performance is, not whether the thing is actually true.
How BELIEVABLY is used
Frequent in reviews of acting, writing and special effects.
- The actor believably portrayed a frightened child.
- She argued believably that she had never seen the letter.
- The robot moved so believably that people stared.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BELIEVABLY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BELIEVABLY
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Common questions about BELIEVABLY
- Is BELIEVABLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BELIEVABLY, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BELIEVABLY worth?
- BELIEVABLY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BELIEVABLY mean?
- In a manner that people can accept as true or realistic.
- What letters can be added to BELIEVABLY?
- No single letter can be added to BELIEVABLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of BELIEVABLY:
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