WANLY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. WANLY 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 WANLY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WANLY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WANLY
No single letter turns WANLY into another word.
How WANLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WANLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does WANLY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
In a pale, weak or unenthusiastic manner.
Wanly is built directly from the adjective wan, meaning pale, and it usually describes either a weak light or a faint, joyless smile rather than any physical paleness itself. It appears often in fiction to describe a small, tired gesture standing in for a bigger feeling left unsaid.
How WANLY is used
Common in narrative prose, especially before verbs like smile and nod.
- She smiled wanly and said nothing more about the letter.
- The lamp glowed wanly through the fog outside.
- He nodded wanly, too tired to argue further.
- The word wanly turns up often in descriptions of grief.
- A wanly lit room suited the mood of the scene.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WANLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WANLY
The 5 tiles of WANLY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in WANLY
Common questions about WANLY
- Is WANLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WANLY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WANLY worth?
- WANLY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WANLY mean?
- In a pale, weak or unenthusiastic manner.
- What letters can be added to WANLY?
- No single letter can be added to WANLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WANLY:
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