WELLY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. WELLY 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 WELLY?
| 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 WELLY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WELLY
No single letter turns WELLY into another word.
How WELLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WELLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does WELLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
A rubber boot that covers the foot and lower leg, worn to keep out mud and water; short for wellington boot.
British children and adults alike shorten wellington boot to welly in everyday conversation, especially when talking about outdoor play, gardening or muddy walks. A pair of them is standard footwear at British festivals, farms and school playgrounds whenever the ground turns wet or muddy. The word also appears in the phrase give it some welly, meaning to put more effort or force into an action, extending the boot's association with a firm push or kick. A welly comes in many colours and patterns today, though the classic version remains plain green rubber.
How WELLY is used
Informal British English, common in everyday speech about outdoor footwear and in the idiom give it some welly.
- Put on your welly before stepping in the puddle.
- One welly got stuck in the thick mud.
- She packed a spare welly for the festival.
- He told the driver to give it some welly.
- Only one welly came off in the mud, not both.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WELLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in WELLY
1 words end in WELLY. Useful as a back hook: play WELLY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in WELLY
Common questions about WELLY
- Is WELLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WELLY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WELLY worth?
- WELLY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WELLY mean?
- A rubber boot that covers the foot and lower leg, worn to keep out mud and water; short for wellington boot.
- What letters can be added to WELLY?
- No single letter can be added to WELLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WELLY:
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