SHABBILY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. SHABBILY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHABBILY?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHABBILY is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHABBILY
No single letter turns SHABBILY into another word.
How SHABBILY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SHABBILY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SHABBILY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SHABBILY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
In a worn, threadbare way, or in a mean and ungenerous manner.
Shabbily can describe how someone looks, such as dressed in worn clothes, or how someone behaves when they treat another person unfairly. The second sense is the one usually meant in everyday speech.
How SHABBILY is used
Used for poor clothing and for unfair or disrespectful treatment.
- He was shabbily dressed in a patched coat.
- The company treated its old staff shabbily.
- The room was shabbily furnished with mismatched chairs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHABBILY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SHABBILY
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Common questions about SHABBILY
- Is SHABBILY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHABBILY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHABBILY worth?
- SHABBILY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHABBILY mean?
- In a worn, threadbare way, or in a mean and ungenerous manner.
- What letters can be added to SHABBILY?
- No single letter can be added to SHABBILY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SHABBILY:
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