TILLY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. TILLY 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 TILLY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TILLY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TILLY
Front hooks — 1
stillyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How TILLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TILLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does TILLY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Of or resembling till, a stiff, impermeable clay left behind by glaciers.
Geologists use tilly to describe soil or subsoil that behaves like till, dense and poorly drained because glacial ice deposited a mix of clay, sand, and stones without sorting it. Farmers on tilly ground often struggle with waterlogging after heavy rain.
How TILLY is used
A technical term used in geology and soil description.
- The field sat on tilly ground that drained poorly after rain.
- Engineers noted the tilly soil before laying the foundation.
- Farmers avoided planting root crops in the tilly patch.
- The survey described the hillside as heavily tilly.
- Digging through the tilly layer slowed the whole project.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TILLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in TILLY
2 words end in TILLY. Useful as a back hook: play TILLY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in TILLY
Common questions about TILLY
- Is TILLY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TILLY is not in it.
- How many points is TILLY worth?
- TILLY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TILLY mean?
- Of or resembling till, a stiff, impermeable clay left behind by glaciers.
- What letters can be added to TILLY?
- TILLY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TILLY:
Open TILLY in the Word Finder