SWIRLY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SWIRLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SWIRLY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWIRLY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWIRLY
No single letter turns SWIRLY into another word.
How SWIRLY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SWIRLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What stands out about SWIRLY
- SWIRLY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SWIRLY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Marked by curling, whirling shapes or movement.
Swirly describes a surface or pattern made of loops and spirals, such as icing on a cake, the grain of marble, or clouds seen from a plane. It can also describe water or air that moves in small whirlpools. The word is built from the verb swirl and is mostly found in casual description rather than in technical writing.
How SWIRLY is used
Informal descriptive adjective, common for patterns, designs, water and decorative lettering.
- The scarf had a swirly pattern of blue and green.
- She piped a swirly line of cream across the cake.
- The swirly current pulled at the canoe near the bank.
- He signed his name in big swirly letters.
- Smoke rose from the cup in swirly threads.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWIRLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SWIRLY
Common questions about SWIRLY
- Is SWIRLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWIRLY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWIRLY worth?
- SWIRLY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWIRLY mean?
- Marked by curling, whirling shapes or movement.
- What letters can be added to SWIRLY?
- No single letter can be added to SWIRLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SWIRLY:
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