BELLY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BELLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BELLY?
| 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 BELLY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BELLY
No single letter turns BELLY into another word.
How BELLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BELLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What stands out about BELLY
- The letters of BELLY run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BELLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The front part of the body below the chest, containing the stomach and bowels, or a part of an object shaped like it.
Belly names the abdomen in plain, everyday speech, standing in for the more clinical word abdomen in casual conversation and cooking, as in pork belly. Beyond the body, the same word describes the rounded, bulging part of an object, such as the belly of a ship, a sail filled with wind, or the curved wooden top of a violin. English also keeps belly as a verb, meaning to swell out or bulge, showing how flexible the root has stayed.
How BELLY is used
Everyday, informal in reference to the human body; neutral and technical when applied to ships, sails or instruments.
- He lay flat on his belly to crawl under the fence.
- The butcher trimmed the pork belly before curing it.
- Wind made the sail belly out over the deck.
- The violin maker carved the belly from a single piece of spruce.
- A low rumble came from her belly halfway through the meeting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BELLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BELLY
22 longer words begin with BELLY.
Words ending in BELLY
7 words end in BELLY. Useful as a back hook: play BELLY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in BELLY
Common questions about BELLY
- Is BELLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BELLY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BELLY worth?
- BELLY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BELLY mean?
- The front part of the body below the chest, containing the stomach and bowels, or a part of an object shaped like it.
- What letters can be added to BELLY?
- No single letter can be added to BELLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BELLY:
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