BLADY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. BLADY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BLADY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLADY 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 BLADY
No single letter turns BLADY into another word.
How BLADY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BLADY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What stands out about BLADY
- 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 BLADY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Australianbotany
Used almost only in the phrase blady grass, naming a coarse, tall grass of Australia and Southeast Asia.
Botanists know the plant as Imperata cylindrica, but bushmen and gardeners call the coarse leafy growth blady grass instead. On its own, blady rarely modifies any other noun, so the adjective is tied almost entirely to this one plant. Thick stands of blady grass are common on cleared or burned ground in tropical regions.
How BLADY is used
Almost always paired with grass; specialised rather than everyday vocabulary.
- Fire swept through the blady grass along the track within minutes.
- The paddock was choked with blady growth after the wet season.
- Farmers slash the blady grass twice a year to keep the fire risk down.
- A thatched roof of blady grass kept the hut cool through the afternoon heat.
- Blady grass spreads quickly once the native cover is cleared away.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLADY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BLADY
The 5 tiles of BLADY in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in BLADY
Common questions about BLADY
- Is BLADY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BLADY is not in it.
- How many points is BLADY worth?
- BLADY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLADY mean?
- Used almost only in the phrase blady grass, naming a coarse, tall grass of Australia and Southeast Asia.
- What letters can be added to BLADY?
- No single letter can be added to BLADY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BLADY:
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