The word sly is 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.)

  • sly adj. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
  • sly adj. (Having a positive connotation) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice.
  • sly adj. Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle.

26 valid words from 3 definitions

ACTION AN AND ARTFUL ARTFULLY AS BY CONNOTATION CUNNING DEXTEROUS DONE ESCAPE HAVING IN MARKED MISCHIEVOUS NOTICE PERFORMING POSITIVE SECRECY SECRETLY SO SUBTLE TO WILY WITH

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

CLY FLY PLY SAY SEY SHY SKY SNY SOY SPY STY SWY VLY

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

SLAY SLEY

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

SLYER SLYLY SLYPE SLYEST SLYISH SLYPES SLYNESS SLYBOOTS SLYNESSES

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

LOSLYF LOSLYFS MISLYING

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

BASSLY GRISLY JEESLY MEASLY PUSSLY THUSLY BOGUSLY CRASSLY CROSSLY GREISLY GRIESLY GROSSLY PIOUSLY DEMISSLY DIVERSLY FAMOUSLY JOYOUSLY ODIOUSLY POROUSLY RAMOUSLY REMISSLY TIMOUSLY VENOUSLY VINOUSLY AGELESSLY AIMLESSLY AMOROUSLY ANXIOUSLY AQUEOUSLY ARDUOUSLY ARTLESSLY AZYGOUSLY BILIOUSLY BULBOUSLY CALLOUSLY COPIOUSLY CURIOUSLY DEVIOUSLY DUBIOUSLY DUTEOUSLY EMULOUSLY ENDLESSLY ENVIOUSLY EXPRESSLY FATUOUSLY FIBROUSLY FURIOUSLY GIBBOUSLY GODLESSLY GUTLESSLY + 718 words

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

+A LAYS SLAY
+E LEYS LYES LYSE SLEY
+I SYLI
+M LYMS
+O LOYS

Scrabble scoring

  • 6 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 43.6 chance (2.29%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 144 chance (0.69%).

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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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