WHOLLY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. WHOLLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHOLLY?
| 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 WHOLLY is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHOLLY
No single letter turns WHOLLY into another word.
How WHOLLY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WHOLLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,104 thousand.
What stands out about WHOLLY
- WHOLLY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WHOLLY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
Completely and entirely.
Wholly is a slightly formal way of saying all the way, with nothing left out. Writers use it when they want to stress totality, as in wholly different.
How WHOLLY is used
Used before adjectives and verbs to show complete degree.
- I am wholly convinced.
- The two plans are wholly different.
- She was wholly absorbed in her book.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHOLLY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WHOLLY
Common questions about WHOLLY
- Is WHOLLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHOLLY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHOLLY worth?
- WHOLLY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHOLLY mean?
- Completely and entirely.
- What letters can be added to WHOLLY?
- No single letter can be added to WHOLLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WHOLLY:
Open WHOLLY in the Word Finder