SHOALY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SHOALY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHOALY?
| 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 SHOALY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHOALY
No single letter turns SHOALY into another word.
How SHOALY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHOALY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 258,692.
What does SHOALY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Marked by many shallow patches, sandbars or hidden banks lying just under the water.
Sailors and explorers use shoaly for a stretch of river, coast or reef where the depth changes quickly and a keel might run aground. The word is built from shoal with the common adjective ending, and it appears mostly in travel journals and old survey notes. A shoaly channel usually calls for slow speed and a lookout at the bow.
How SHOALY is used
Rare and descriptive; found in older travel writing and nautical accounts.
- The shoaly bay forced the captain to anchor far from the beach.
- Beyond the point the water turned shoaly and the oarsmen slowed their stroke.
- A shoaly river is dangerous for any boat with a deep hull.
- The old chart marked the whole coast as shoaly and unsafe at night.
- We crossed the shoaly stretch at high tide to avoid the sandbars.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHOALY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SHOALY
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Common questions about SHOALY
- Is SHOALY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHOALY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHOALY worth?
- SHOALY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHOALY mean?
- Marked by many shallow patches, sandbars or hidden banks lying just under the water.
- What letters can be added to SHOALY?
- No single letter can be added to SHOALY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHOALY:
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