HELLERY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HELLERY 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 HELLERY?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HELLERY is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HELLERY
No single letter turns HELLERY into another word.
How HELLERY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HELLERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684 thousand.
What does HELLERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalrare
Wild, rowdy or mischievous behaviour.
Hellery suggests high-spirited trouble-making rather than serious wickedness, the sort of thing children or students get up to. It is an uncommon, dialect-flavoured word built on hell, and tends to carry a hint of affection.
How HELLERY is used
The word hellery is informal and mostly heard as a description of youthful misbehaviour.
- The boys were up to some hellery down by the river.
- Her grandmother laughed off the hellery of youth.
- There was a good deal of hellery at the end-of-term party.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HELLERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HELLERY
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Common questions about HELLERY
- Is HELLERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HELLERY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HELLERY worth?
- HELLERY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HELLERY mean?
- Wild, rowdy or mischievous behaviour.
- What letters can be added to HELLERY?
- No single letter can be added to HELLERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HELLERY:
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