VERILY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. VERILY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VERILY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VERILY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VERILY
No single letter turns VERILY into another word.
How VERILY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VERILY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What stands out about VERILY
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does VERILY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaic
In truth; truly, certainly.
Verily is the old emphatic adverb that introduces a solemn statement, and it is familiar from the King James Bible, where verily I say unto you opens many sayings. It is formed from very in its older sense of true. Modern writers use it for a biblical or mock-grand tone, and almost never in plain speech.
How VERILY is used
Archaic; found in scripture, old prayers and deliberately lofty or humorous writing.
- Verily, the king has spoken the truth.
- He said that he was verily astonished at the news.
- The preacher began with the words verily, verily.
- It was verily the finest feast she had ever seen.
- In the old play every speech seems to start with verily.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VERILY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VERILY
The 6 tiles of VERILY in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in VERILY
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Common questions about VERILY
- Is VERILY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VERILY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VERILY worth?
- VERILY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VERILY mean?
- In truth; truly, certainly.
- What letters can be added to VERILY?
- No single letter can be added to VERILY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VERILY:
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