BURLY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BURLY 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 BURLY?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BURLY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BURLY
No single letter turns BURLY into another word.
How BURLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BURLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does BURLY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Big and strong in build; heavily and powerfully built.
Burly describes a person, most often a man, whose body is large, solid and obviously strong, rather than tall and lean or simply overweight. The word carries a note of physical presence and sometimes of a rough or plain manner to match, which is why it turns up often in casual description of bouncers, laborers and wrestlers. It comes from an old word for a fine or stately bearing, a sense that narrowed over centuries to focus purely on bodily bulk and strength.
How BURLY is used
Common in everyday description of a person's build; informal rather than formal in tone.
- A burly man blocked the doorway without saying a word.
- The burly mover carried the sofa alone up three flights.
- She was surprised by how burly the quiet accountant turned out to be.
- Two burly guards stood at either side of the gate.
- His burly frame filled the small kitchen chair completely.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BURLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BURLY
Common questions about BURLY
- Is BURLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BURLY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BURLY worth?
- BURLY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BURLY mean?
- Big and strong in build; heavily and powerfully built.
- What letters can be added to BURLY?
- No single letter can be added to BURLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BURLY:
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