Is ONELY valid in Words with Friends?

No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ONELY is not in it.

How many points is ONELY worth?

ONELY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to ONELY?

ONELY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

ONELY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points

It depends on the list you play by. ONELY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 8 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.

o1n1e1l1y4

Depends on the listONELY · 5 letters · 8 pts Scrabble · 9 pts WWF

8points in Scrabble

9points in Words with Friends

5letters

1hook available

1 in 16,338odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept ONELY?

Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand	Not listed
Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand	Not listed
Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries	Valid
Words with FriendsZynga word list	Not listed

Word power: 33 / 100

33WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.6

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

6.4%

Our own measure of how useful ONELY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for ONELY

Front hooks — 1

lonely9

Back hooks — 0

None.

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.

How ONELY scores

Scrabble o1n1e1l1y4 8

Words with Friends o1n2e1l2y3 9

Face value of the 5 tiles in ONELY, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
o	1	8
n	1	6
e	1	12
l	1	4
y	1	2

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,338.

Words ending in ONELY

lonely9 alonely10 pronely12

3 words end in ONELY. Useful as a back hook: play ONELY onto a word already on the board.

Shorter words from the letters in ONELY

lyne7 only7 enol4 leno4 lone4 noel4 nole4 ley6 loy6 lye6 noy6 nye6 ony6 oye6 yen6 yon6 eon3 ole3 one3 ny5 oy5 ye5 yo5 el2 en2 lo2 ne2 no2 oe2 on2

Common questions about ONELY

Is ONELY valid in Words with Friends?: No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ONELY is not in it.
How many points is ONELY worth?: ONELY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to ONELY?: ONELY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ONELY:

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