WEEVILY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. WEEVILY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WEEVILY?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WEEVILY is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WEEVILY
No single letter turns WEEVILY into another word.
How WEEVILY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in WEEVILY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 842,149.
What does WEEVILY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Infested with weevils, the small beetles that damage stored grain.
Cooks and farmers call flour, biscuits or grain weevily when tiny beetles have got into it. The word suggests spoiled stock that should be thrown out.
How WEEVILY is used
Weevily is used for stored food, especially grain or flour, that is full of beetles.
- The sailors complained of weevily biscuits.
- She threw out the weevily flour from the back of the shelf.
- A weevily sack of oats was no use for the horses.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WEEVILY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WEEVILY
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Common questions about WEEVILY
- Is WEEVILY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WEEVILY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WEEVILY worth?
- WEEVILY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WEEVILY mean?
- Infested with weevils, the small beetles that damage stored grain.
- What letters can be added to WEEVILY?
- No single letter can be added to WEEVILY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of WEEVILY:
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