DAMNABLY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. DAMNABLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAMNABLY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAMNABLY is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAMNABLY
No single letter turns DAMNABLY into another word.
How DAMNABLY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DAMNABLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DAMNABLY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DAMNABLY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
informalarchaic
Extremely and annoyingly so, or in a way that deserves condemnation.
Damnably is an emphatic word, a stronger cousin of very, used when the speaker is irritated. In older writing it can also mean in a manner worthy of blame. Today it sounds dated and a bit theatrical.
How DAMNABLY is used
Dated and emphatic; damnably is placed before an adjective to show strong annoyance.
- The road was damnably narrow and full of potholes.
- He was damnably clever, which made him hard to argue with.
- It is damnably cold in this old house.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAMNABLY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DAMNABLY
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Common questions about DAMNABLY
- Is DAMNABLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAMNABLY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAMNABLY worth?
- DAMNABLY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAMNABLY mean?
- Extremely and annoyingly so, or in a way that deserves condemnation.
- What letters can be added to DAMNABLY?
- No single letter can be added to DAMNABLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DAMNABLY:
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