VEILY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. VEILY 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept VEILY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VEILY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VEILY
No single letter turns VEILY into another word.
How VEILY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VEILY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does VEILY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Resembling a veil, or covered as if by a thin veil.
Veily is a rare formation from veil with the ordinary adjective ending, used to describe something thin and covering, such as mist or light fabric. It is not a common word and mostly turns up in older or descriptive writing rather than everyday speech.
How VEILY is used
Rare; found in descriptive or older writing rather than casual speech.
- A veily mist hung over the fields at dawn.
- The curtain had a veily thinness that let light through.
- She wore something veily over her hair.
- A veily haze softened the outline of the hills.
- Old descriptions call the fabric veily rather than sheer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VEILY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VEILY
Common questions about VEILY
- Is VEILY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and VEILY is not in it.
- How many points is VEILY worth?
- VEILY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VEILY mean?
- Resembling a veil, or covered as if by a thin veil.
- What letters can be added to VEILY?
- No single letter can be added to VEILY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VEILY:
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