DIDDLY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DIDDLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIDDLY?
| 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 DIDDLY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIDDLY
No single letter turns DIDDLY into another word.
How DIDDLY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DIDDLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 3 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,139 thousand.
What stands out about DIDDLY
- DIDDLY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DIDDLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Almost nothing at all; a trivial or worthless amount.
Speakers use diddly to wave away something they consider worthless, usually after a negative, as in not worth diddly. It sounds playful, and it often appears in the longer phrase diddly squat, though the short form is milder. The word is American in flavour and seems to be a nonsense formation made for emphasis.
How DIDDLY is used
Informal, mostly North American; nearly always used with a negative or a dismissive tone.
- He knows diddly about engines, but he talks like an expert.
- The warranty covers diddly once the first year has passed.
- I did not get diddly for all that overtime.
- They told us diddly about what happens next.
- That old coupon is worth diddly now.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIDDLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DIDDLY
1 longer words begin with DIDDLY.
Shorter words from the letters in DIDDLY
Common questions about DIDDLY
- Is DIDDLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIDDLY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIDDLY worth?
- DIDDLY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIDDLY mean?
- Almost nothing at all; a trivial or worthless amount.
- What letters can be added to DIDDLY?
- No single letter can be added to DIDDLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DIDDLY:
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