SHALY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SHALY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHALY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHALY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHALY
No single letter turns SHALY into another word.
How SHALY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHALY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does SHALY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Resembling shale, or made up of thin, easily split layers of rock.
Geologists use shaly for rock that splits into flat sheets the way shale does, even when the rock itself is a different mineral. A shaly bank or shaly roof crumbles along those layers underfoot, which is exactly why travellers and miners in older writing complain about shaly ground being treacherous to cross.
How SHALY is used
Mostly technical or descriptive writing about rock and terrain.
- The path grew shaly and slippery near the top of the ridge.
- Miners avoided the shaly section of the tunnel roof.
- A shaly outcrop crumbled under the climber's boot.
- The riverbank was cut from soft, shaly stone.
- Samples from the quarry proved unusually shaly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHALY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHALY
The 5 tiles of SHALY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SHALY
Common questions about SHALY
- Is SHALY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHALY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHALY worth?
- SHALY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHALY mean?
- Resembling shale, or made up of thin, easily split layers of rock.
- What letters can be added to SHALY?
- No single letter can be added to SHALY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHALY:
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