SUSTAINABLY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SUSTAINABLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUSTAINABLY?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUSTAINABLY is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUSTAINABLY
No single letter turns SUSTAINABLY into another word.
How SUSTAINABLY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SUSTAINABLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SUSTAINABLY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SUSTAINABLY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
In a way that can continue without using up natural resources or harming the environment.
Farmers who produce food sustainably protect the soil for future harvests. The word also applies to any pace or level that can be kept up over time. Sustainably is now common in environmental and business talk.
How SUSTAINABLY is used
Sustainably usually modifies verbs such as grow, source, harvest or manage.
- The timber was sustainably harvested.
- The company aims to operate sustainably by 2030.
- They farm the land sustainably.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUSTAINABLY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SUSTAINABLY
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Common questions about SUSTAINABLY
- Is SUSTAINABLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUSTAINABLY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUSTAINABLY worth?
- SUSTAINABLY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUSTAINABLY mean?
- In a way that can continue without using up natural resources or harming the environment.
- What letters can be added to SUSTAINABLY?
- No single letter can be added to SUSTAINABLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SUSTAINABLY:
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