WALLY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. WALLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WALLY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WALLY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WALLY
Front hooks — 1
swallyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How WALLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WALLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.
What does WALLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
A foolish or incompetent person; someone who has made a silly mistake.
British speakers use wally as a mild, good-humoured insult for someone who has done something clumsy or thoughtless, without the harshness of stronger swear words. The term became widely popular in Britain during the 1980s and is still heard in everyday teasing among friends and family. Unlike more serious insults, calling someone a wally usually signals mild exasperation rather than real anger or contempt. It works equally well as a light self-description, as when a speaker admits they felt like a wally after forgetting something obvious.
How WALLY is used
Informal British slang, used to tease or mildly criticise someone for a foolish or clumsy action.
- He felt a right wally after locking himself out again.
- Don't be such a wally, the map is upside down.
- The whole office laughed and called him a wally.
- She admitted she looked a wally in the oversized coat.
- Only a wally would forget the tickets on the day of the show.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WALLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WALLY
6 longer words begin with WALLY.
Words ending in WALLY
1 words end in WALLY. Useful as a back hook: play WALLY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in WALLY
Common questions about WALLY
- Is WALLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WALLY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WALLY worth?
- WALLY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WALLY mean?
- A foolish or incompetent person; someone who has made a silly mistake.
- What letters can be added to WALLY?
- WALLY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WALLY:
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