BIGLY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BIGLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIGLY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIGLY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIGLY
No single letter turns BIGLY into another word.
How BIGLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BIGLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does BIGLY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaic
In a blustering, boastful or forceful manner; on a grand scale.
Older English used bigly to describe how someone spoke or acted rather than the size of an object, so a knight could ride bigly into battle or a boaster could talk bigly without either meaning simply large. The word faded from ordinary use for centuries before resurfacing as a curiosity, since modern readers naturally mistake it for big plus the ordinary suffix ly.
How BIGLY is used
Archaic; found chiefly in older literature, not in current everyday speech.
- The old romance tells how the champion rode bigly against his rival.
- He spoke bigly of victories that never actually happened.
- The chronicle describes the army advancing bigly toward the gate.
- Bigly boasts filled the tavern long before the contest began.
- The knight struck bigly, and the crowd roared at the blow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIGLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BIGLY
The 5 tiles of BIGLY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in BIGLY
Common questions about BIGLY
- Is BIGLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIGLY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIGLY worth?
- BIGLY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIGLY mean?
- In a blustering, boastful or forceful manner; on a grand scale.
- What letters can be added to BIGLY?
- No single letter can be added to BIGLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BIGLY:
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