PATLY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PATLY 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 PATLY?
| 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 PATLY 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 PATLY
No single letter turns PATLY into another word.
How PATLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PATLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What stands out about PATLY
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PATLY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaic
In an apt, fitting, or exactly suitable manner.
Patly comes from the adjective pat, the one describing an answer or an action that lands exactly right, as if it fell into place like a shaped pat of butter. Adding -ly turns that quality into a manner of doing something: an event happens patly when it comes at precisely the right moment. The word is old-fashioned now and turns up mostly in nineteenth-century prose.
How PATLY is used
Archaic; rare outside older prose and verse.
- The answer came patly, as though rehearsed.
- Everything fit patly into the plan she had drawn.
- He returned home so patly that no one noticed the delay.
- The quotation slipped in patly, right on cue.
- She explained it patly, without a single wasted word.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PATLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PATLY
The 5 tiles of PATLY in a different order — 3 found.
Shorter words from the letters in PATLY
Common questions about PATLY
- Is PATLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PATLY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PATLY worth?
- PATLY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PATLY mean?
- In an apt, fitting, or exactly suitable manner.
- What letters can be added to PATLY?
- No single letter can be added to PATLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PATLY:
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