NEWLY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. NEWLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEWLY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEWLY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEWLY
No single letter turns NEWLY into another word.
How NEWLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NEWLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does NEWLY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
Very recently, only a short time ago.
Newly almost always sits right before a past participle, as in newly painted or newly arrived, marking a change that just happened. It differs from new in being an adverb rather than an adjective, so it modifies a verb form rather than a noun directly. The word is old, going back to Old English niwlice, and has kept the same narrow job ever since.
How NEWLY is used
Formal register is not required; newly is common in everyday writing before a past participle.
- The fence was newly painted and still smelled of it.
- A newly opened shop drew a small crowd on the first morning.
- She felt newly confident after the interview went well.
- Newly arrived guests were shown straight to their rooms.
- His views on the matter were newly formed and still shifting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEWLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NEWLY
2 longer words begin with NEWLY.
Shorter words from the letters in NEWLY
Common questions about NEWLY
- Is NEWLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEWLY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEWLY worth?
- NEWLY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEWLY mean?
- Very recently, only a short time ago.
- What letters can be added to NEWLY?
- No single letter can be added to NEWLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NEWLY:
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