HOOLY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HOOLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOOLY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOOLY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOOLY
Front hooks — 1
dhoolyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HOOLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HOOLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 168,053.
What does HOOLY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
Scotsdialectarchaic
Cautiously, gently and without hurry, an old Scots word also spelled hoolie.
Hooly tells someone to slow down and act with care, much like the modern phrase easy does it. It is common in Scots speech and older English writing, and often shows up as a warning or piece of advice rather than a plain description, urging patience where haste might cause harm or mistakes.
How HOOLY is used
Scots and dialect word, still heard as advice to go carefully or slowly.
- Go hooly on that ladder, the rungs are loose.
- She warned him to move hooly near the sleeping baby.
- The old song tells the rider to ride hooly home.
- He answered hooly, weighing each word before he spoke.
- Take it hooly, there is no need to rush the job.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOOLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in HOOLY
1 words end in HOOLY. Useful as a back hook: play HOOLY onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOOLY inside
2 words contain HOOLY in the middle. Words that start with HOOLY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOOLY
Common questions about HOOLY
- Is HOOLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOOLY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOOLY worth?
- HOOLY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOOLY mean?
- Cautiously, gently and without hurry, an old Scots word also spelled hoolie.
- What letters can be added to HOOLY?
- HOOLY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HOOLY:
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