MOLLY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MOLLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MOLLY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOLLY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOLLY
No single letter turns MOLLY into another word.
How MOLLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MOLLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.
What does MOLLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small tropical fish, usually silver or black, commonly kept in home aquariums.
A molly is a livebearing fish related to the guppy and the platy, and it gives birth to free-swimming young rather than laying eggs. Wild mollies live in fresh and brackish water across the southern United States, Mexico and Central America. Aquarium keepers value the molly for breeding readily in a tank and for tolerating a wide range of water conditions.
How MOLLY is used
Common in fishkeeping contexts; usually plural mollies when several are meant.
- The tank held one black molly and a handful of guppies.
- A pregnant molly will often hide among the plants before giving birth.
- He chose a molly for his first aquarium because it is easy to keep.
- A wild molly can be found in coastal rivers from Texas to Colombia.
- The shop sold a silver molly alongside a spotted variety.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOLLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MOLLY
11 longer words begin with MOLLY.
Shorter words from the letters in MOLLY
Common questions about MOLLY
- Is MOLLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOLLY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOLLY worth?
- MOLLY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOLLY mean?
- A small tropical fish, usually silver or black, commonly kept in home aquariums.
- What letters can be added to MOLLY?
- No single letter can be added to MOLLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MOLLY:
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