HEADILY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HEADILY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEADILY?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEADILY is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEADILY
No single letter turns HEADILY into another word.
How HEADILY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HEADILY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What does HEADILY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
literary
In a way that excites or intoxicates the senses, or in a rash, impulsive manner.
Headily is the adverb of heady, and it usually goes with smells, wine, success or emotion that seems to go to the head. Older writers also used it for hasty, headstrong behaviour, though that sense is now rare.
How HEADILY is used
Headily appears mostly in descriptive writing about scents, flavours and excitement.
- The jasmine perfumed the evening air headily.
- Praise from the crowd hummed headily in his ears.
- The old wine smelled headily of oak and spice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEADILY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HEADILY
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Common questions about HEADILY
- Is HEADILY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEADILY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEADILY worth?
- HEADILY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEADILY mean?
- In a way that excites or intoxicates the senses, or in a rash, impulsive manner.
- What letters can be added to HEADILY?
- No single letter can be added to HEADILY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HEADILY:
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