Is SLY a Scrabble word?
Yes. SLY is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
Adjective 4 meanings
Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
Light or delicate; slight; thin.
Adverb 1 meaning
Slyly.
Etymology
From Middle English sly, sley, sleigh, sleiȝ, from Old Norse slǿgr (“sly, cunning”, literally “capable of hitting or striking”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiz (“lively, agile, cunning, sly, striking”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, throw”).
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SLY at a glance
SLY has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (S 1 + L 1 + Y 4) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #16,920 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -SLY
More endings- SERIOUSLY12
- PREVIOUSLY18
- OBVIOUSLY17
- SIMULTANEOUSLY19
- CONTINUOUSLY17
- UNANIMOUSLY16
- RIDICULOUSLY18
- CONSCIOUSLY18
- FAMOUSLY16
- EXPRESSLY21
- DANGEROUSLY16
- ENDLESSLY13
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