FONLY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. FONLY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FONLY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FONLY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FONLY
No single letter turns FONLY into another word.
How FONLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FONLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does FONLY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaic
In a foolish or foolishly fond manner.
Fonly comes from the older noun fon, meaning a fool, and it once modified verbs the way foolishly does today, describing someone acting without sense or acting out of doting affection. Modern English lost the word almost entirely, keeping only the related fond, so fonly now shows up chiefly in old texts and word lists.
How FONLY is used
Obsolete outside historical texts and specialist word lists; not used in modern speech.
- The old verse says he acted fonly, blind to the danger.
- She smiled fonly at the child's clumsy gift.
- An editor's note explains that fonly here means foolishly.
- The knight fonly trusted a stranger with the letter.
- Glossaries of Middle English list fonly beside fon and fond.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FONLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FONLY
Common questions about FONLY
- Is FONLY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FONLY is not in it.
- How many points is FONLY worth?
- FONLY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FONLY mean?
- In a foolish or foolishly fond manner.
- What letters can be added to FONLY?
- No single letter can be added to FONLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FONLY:
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