SALLOWY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SALLOWY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SALLOWY?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SALLOWY is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SALLOWY
No single letter turns SALLOWY into another word.
How SALLOWY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SALLOWY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,316 thousand.
What does SALLOWY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Full of sallows, the low willow trees; or yellowish and unhealthy in colour.
Poets use sallowy for damp banks fringed with willow. It can also hint at a pale yellow tint, in the manner of a sickly complexion.
How SALLOWY is used
Sallowy is rare and literary, found in older nature writing.
- We walked along the sallowy edge of the stream.
- A sallowy mist hung over the marsh.
- The sallowy thicket hid a nest of reed warblers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SALLOWY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SALLOWY
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Common questions about SALLOWY
- Is SALLOWY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SALLOWY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SALLOWY worth?
- SALLOWY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SALLOWY mean?
- Full of sallows, the low willow trees; or yellowish and unhealthy in colour.
- What letters can be added to SALLOWY?
- No single letter can be added to SALLOWY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SALLOWY:
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