BULLY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BULLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BULLY?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BULLY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BULLY
No single letter turns BULLY into another word.
How BULLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BULLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 784,245.
What does BULLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who uses strength, size, or power to intimidate or hurt someone weaker; as a verb, to intimidate someone in this way.
A bully repeatedly targets someone perceived as weaker, using threats, insults, or physical force to frighten and control them, whether in a schoolyard, a workplace, or online. Schools now run programs specifically aimed at stopping bullying among students. In older, informal use, bully could also mean excellent or first rate, as in the phrase bully for you, and bully beef is a familiar name for canned corned beef.
How BULLY is used
Common noun and verb; the exclamatory sense meaning excellent is now old-fashioned.
- The teacher stepped in to stop the bully.
- Older students sometimes bully younger ones in the yard.
- Nobody liked the way he tried to bully his coworkers.
- Soldiers ate tins of bully beef during the war.
- Bully for you, his grandfather used to say approvingly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BULLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BULLY
12 longer words begin with BULLY.
Words ending in BULLY
3 words end in BULLY. Useful as a back hook: play BULLY onto a word already on the board.
Words with BULLY inside
3 words contain BULLY in the middle. Words that start with BULLY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BULLY
Common questions about BULLY
- Is BULLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BULLY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BULLY worth?
- BULLY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BULLY mean?
- A person who uses strength, size, or power to intimidate or hurt someone weaker; as a verb, to intimidate someone in this way.
- What letters can be added to BULLY?
- No single letter can be added to BULLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BULLY:
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