SCRABBLY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. SCRABBLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCRABBLY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCRABBLY is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCRABBLY
No single letter turns SCRABBLY into another word.
How SCRABBLY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SCRABBLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCRABBLY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SCRABBLY
- SCRABBLY gets by on a single vowel across 8 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SCRABBLY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalrare
Small, scrappy or sparse, like thin patches of growth on poor ground.
Scrabbly is a little-used word for things that look scraggy and unimpressive. It is most often applied to stunted bushes, thin grass or untidy handwriting.
How SCRABBLY is used
Scrabbly is informal and rare, mainly for describing straggly plants or scrappy scratch marks.
- Scrabbly tufts of grass grew along the dry roadside.
- The hillside was covered in scrabbly bushes and bare stone.
- His scrabbly handwriting was nearly impossible to read.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCRABBLY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SCRABBLY
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Common questions about SCRABBLY
- Is SCRABBLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCRABBLY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCRABBLY worth?
- SCRABBLY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCRABBLY mean?
- Small, scrappy or sparse, like thin patches of growth on poor ground.
- What letters can be added to SCRABBLY?
- No single letter can be added to SCRABBLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SCRABBLY:
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