MARBLY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. MARBLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MARBLY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MARBLY is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MARBLY
No single letter turns MARBLY into another word.
How MARBLY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MARBLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about MARBLY
- MARBLY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MARBLY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Looking like marble, or containing marble, especially in its veined and mottled pattern.
Marbly describes a surface with the swirled, streaky look of polished stone. Paper, cheese, ice and even skies can be called marbly when their colours run together in veins. The word is informal and descriptive rather than technical.
How MARBLY is used
Descriptive and fairly rare; "marbled" is the more usual word.
- The countertop had a marbly grey surface.
- Cream swirled into the coffee in a marbly pattern.
- He chose a marbly paper for the book's endpapers.
- The floor looked marbly under the lamp.
- A marbly cloud covered the evening sky.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MARBLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MARBLY
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Common questions about MARBLY
- Is MARBLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MARBLY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MARBLY worth?
- MARBLY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MARBLY mean?
- Looking like marble, or containing marble, especially in its veined and mottled pattern.
- What letters can be added to MARBLY?
- No single letter can be added to MARBLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MARBLY:
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