The word ly is not a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • ly n. (Astronomy) Abbreviation of light year.
  • Ly prop.n. A surname from Vietnamese.
  • LY n. (Astronomy, countable) Alternative spelling of ly; light-year.

10 valid words from 3 definitions

ABBREVIATION ALTERNATIVE ASTRONOMY COUNTABLE FROM LIGHT OF SPELLING SURNAME YEAR

2 invalid words from 3 definitions

LY VIETNAMESE

10 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

AY BY FY KY LA LI LO MY NY OY

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

LAY LEY LOY

263 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

LYE LYM LYAM LYCH LYES LYME LYMS LYNE LYNX LYRA LYRE LYSE LYTE LYAMS LYARD LYART LYASE LYCEA LYCEE LYCRA LYING LYMES LYMPH LYNCH LYNES LYRES LYRIC LYSED LYSES LYSIN LYSIS LYSOL LYSSA LYTED LYTES LYTHE LYTIC LYTTA LYASES LYCEES LYCEUM LYCHEE LYCHES LYCRAS LYFULL LYINGS LYMPHS LYNAGE LYNXES LYRATE + 213 words

2017 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

ALLYL BLYPE CALYX CLYPE FLYBY FLYER FLYPE FLYTE GLYPH MOLYS PLYER POLYP POLYS SLYER SLYLY SLYPE TOLYL ULYIE XYLYL ALLYLS ALLYOU BIALYS BILLYO BLYPES CLYING CLYPED CLYPEI CLYPES ELYTRA FLYBOY FLYBYS FLYERS FLYEST FLYING FLYMAN FLYMEN FLYOFF FLYPED FLYPES FLYSCH FLYTED FLYTES FLYWAY GALYAC GALYAK GLYCAN GLYCIN GLYCOL GLYCYL GLYPHS + 1967 words

8806 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

CLY FLY PLY SLY VLY ABLY AGLY ALLY COLY DULY EELY GULY HOLY IDLY ILLY INLY LILY MOLY OILY ONLY OWLY PALY PILY POLY PULY RELY RULY UGLY WALY WILY AMPLY APPLY APTLY BADLY BALLY BELLY BIALY BIGLY BILLY BULLY BURLY COALY COLLY COOLY COYLY CULLY CURLY DAILY DALLY DEELY + 8756 words

10 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A LAY
+C CLY
+E LEY LYE
+F FLY
+M LYM
+O LOY
+P PLY
+S SLY
+V VLY

Scrabble scoring

  • Zero, invalid.
  • 5 points, without game rules.

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Categories without words

  • No words-in-word (Word found as is inside the word.)
  • No words-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)
  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No anagrams can be formed by removing a letter (New word formed with all the letters of the word minus a letter.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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