HAPLY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HAPLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAPLY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAPLY is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAPLY
No single letter turns HAPLY into another word.
How HAPLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HAPLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does HAPLY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaicliterary
By chance; perhaps.
Haply is built from hap, an old word for chance or fortune, joined to the adverbial ending -ly, so it literally means by luck. Shakespeare and other early writers used it where a modern writer would simply say perhaps or maybe. Today it survives only in older texts, quotation, and writing that deliberately imitates an antique style.
How HAPLY is used
Archaic and literary; met chiefly in older texts or deliberately old-fashioned writing.
- Haply the messenger will arrive before nightfall.
- She wondered if haply he had forgotten the promise.
- The old letter reads, haply we shall meet again.
- Haply some passer-by will find the note.
- He answered that haply the rumor was true.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAPLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HAPLY
The 5 tiles of HAPLY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in HAPLY
Common questions about HAPLY
- Is HAPLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAPLY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAPLY worth?
- HAPLY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAPLY mean?
- By chance; perhaps.
- What letters can be added to HAPLY?
- No single letter can be added to HAPLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HAPLY:
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