THISTLY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. THISTLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THISTLY?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THISTLY is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THISTLY
No single letter turns THISTLY into another word.
How THISTLY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in THISTLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,853 thousand.
What stands out about THISTLY
- THISTLY gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does THISTLY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Overgrown with thistles, or prickly like a thistle.
A thistly field is one a farmer would hate, since the weeds spread fast and spoil grazing. The word also fits anything sharp and awkward to handle, such as a thistly temper or a thistly problem. It works best in rural or lightly humorous writing.
How THISTLY is used
Used for land full of thistles and, figuratively, for prickly or difficult things.
- The sheep avoided the thistly corner of the pasture.
- He kept a thistly silence after the argument.
- Crossing the thistly ground left scratches on her legs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THISTLY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in THISTLY
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Common questions about THISTLY
- Is THISTLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THISTLY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THISTLY worth?
- THISTLY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THISTLY mean?
- Overgrown with thistles, or prickly like a thistle.
- What letters can be added to THISTLY?
- No single letter can be added to THISTLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of THISTLY:
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