THROATILY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. THROATILY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THROATILY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THROATILY is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THROATILY
No single letter turns THROATILY into another word.
How THROATILY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in THROATILY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so THROATILY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does THROATILY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
In a low, rough voice that seems to come from deep in the throat.
A person who speaks throatily sounds husky, perhaps from a cold, or deliberately sultry. Engines and animals can also be described as growling throatily.
How THROATILY is used
Mostly in fiction, describing a voice or sound.
- She laughed throatily at his joke.
- The old engine roared throatily into life.
- He whispered throatily, barely above a rasp.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THROATILY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in THROATILY
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Common questions about THROATILY
- Is THROATILY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THROATILY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THROATILY worth?
- THROATILY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THROATILY mean?
- In a low, rough voice that seems to come from deep in the throat.
- What letters can be added to THROATILY?
- No single letter can be added to THROATILY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of THROATILY:
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