HAILY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. HAILY 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 HAILY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAILY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAILY
No single letter turns HAILY into another word.
How HAILY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HAILY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does HAILY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Marked by falling hail, or resembling hail.
Haily describes weather in which hail is coming down, or a texture and sound that recall hailstones striking a surface. It is a rare formation built on the pattern of similar weather adjectives like rainy or snowy.
How HAILY is used
Rarely used outside weather description and older regional writing.
- The forecast warned of a haily afternoon across the hills.
- Hail rattled on the tin roof in a haily burst that lasted minutes.
- The farmer dreaded a haily storm just before harvest.
- Clouds turned dark and haily as the front moved in.
- The walk home turned unpleasant once the sky went haily.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAILY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HAILY
Common questions about HAILY
- Is HAILY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HAILY is not in it.
- How many points is HAILY worth?
- HAILY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAILY mean?
- Marked by falling hail, or resembling hail.
- What letters can be added to HAILY?
- No single letter can be added to HAILY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HAILY:
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