DILLYDALLY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. DILLYDALLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DILLYDALLY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DILLYDALLY is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DILLYDALLY
No single letter turns DILLYDALLY into another word.
How DILLYDALLY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DILLYDALLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 4 | 4 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DILLYDALLY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DILLYDALLY
- The letter L appears four times in DILLYDALLY.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DILLYDALLY mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To waste time by being slow or unable to decide.
Parents say dillydally to hurry children who stop to look at everything on the way to school. The word is playful, and its doubled sound suggests going back and forth without progress.
How DILLYDALLY is used
Informal, often used in orders such as do not dillydally.
- Do not dillydally or we will miss the bus.
- He liked to dillydally over his morning coffee.
- Stop trying to dillydally and make a choice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DILLYDALLY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DILLYDALLY
1 longer words begin with DILLYDALLY.
Shorter words from the letters in DILLYDALLY
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Common questions about DILLYDALLY
- Is DILLYDALLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DILLYDALLY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DILLYDALLY worth?
- DILLYDALLY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DILLYDALLY mean?
- To waste time by being slow or unable to decide.
- What letters can be added to DILLYDALLY?
- No single letter can be added to DILLYDALLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DILLYDALLY:
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