MARLY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MARLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MARLY?
| 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 MARLY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MARLY
No single letter turns MARLY into another word.
How MARLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MARLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does MARLY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Consisting of, containing, or resembling marl, a soft mixture of clay and lime.
Ground that is marly holds a noticeable amount of marl, the crumbly clay-and-lime deposit that farmers once dug up and spread on fields to correct acidic soil. Geologists also call a rock layer marly when it shows the pale, chalky texture typical of marl rather than pure clay or limestone. The word appears mainly in farming and geology rather than everyday speech.
How MARLY is used
Used in agriculture and geology to describe soil or rock rich in marl.
- The farmer struggled to plough the heavy marly soil.
- A marly ridge ran along the edge of the old quarry.
- Vines grow well in the marly ground of the region.
- The riverbank exposed a thick marly layer beneath the topsoil.
- Marly clay crumbled easily between her fingers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MARLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MARLY
The 5 tiles of MARLY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in MARLY
Common questions about MARLY
- Is MARLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MARLY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MARLY worth?
- MARLY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MARLY mean?
- Consisting of, containing, or resembling marl, a soft mixture of clay and lime.
- What letters can be added to MARLY?
- No single letter can be added to MARLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MARLY:
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