SOILY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. SOILY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 8 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SOILY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOILY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOILY
No single letter turns SOILY into another word.
How SOILY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SOILY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does SOILY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Covered in soil or dirt; soiled.
Anything left soily has picked up a visible layer of earth or grime, usually from gardening, farm work, or play outdoors. The word is a simple informal extension of soil, formed the same way as other -y adjectives such as muddy or dusty.
How SOILY is used
Informal everyday word for anything grubby with earth.
- His boots were soily after the walk through the field.
- She washed the soily vegetables before cooking them.
- The children's soily hands left marks on the door.
- A soily patch of carpet showed where the plant had stood.
- The gardener's soily gloves hung by the back step.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOILY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SOILY
Common questions about SOILY
- Is SOILY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SOILY is not in it.
- How many points is SOILY worth?
- SOILY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOILY mean?
- Covered in soil or dirt; soiled.
- What letters can be added to SOILY?
- No single letter can be added to SOILY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SOILY:
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