OUTLYING is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. OUTLYING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUTLYING?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUTLYING is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUTLYING
No single letter turns OUTLYING into another word.
How OUTLYING scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OUTLYING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OUTLYING has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about OUTLYING
- All 8 letters of OUTLYING are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OUTLYING mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Situated far from a centre or main area.
Outlying villages, islands and suburbs sit at the edge of a region and are often harder to reach. Statisticians also speak of outlying values that lie far from the rest of the data.
How OUTLYING is used
Used for places and, in statistics, for distant data points.
- The bus serves several outlying villages.
- Rescue teams reached the outlying farms by boat.
- One outlying result spoiled the average.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUTLYING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OUTLYING
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Common questions about OUTLYING
- Is OUTLYING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUTLYING, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUTLYING worth?
- OUTLYING is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUTLYING mean?
- Situated far from a centre or main area.
- What letters can be added to OUTLYING?
- No single letter can be added to OUTLYING to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OUTLYING:
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