What DEATHLY Means
- adjective: having the physical appearance of death“a deathly pallor”
- adjective: causing or capable of causing death“a deadly enemy”
- adverb: to a degree resembling death“he was deathly pale”
- adverb: to an extreme degree“extremely cold”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DEATHLY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 A1 T1 H4 L1 Y4.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In DEATHLY
143 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (6)
5 letter words (20)
DEALTDEATHDELAYDELTAETHALETHYLHALEDHATEDHAYEDHAYLEHEADYHEALDLATEDLATHELATHYLAYEDLEADYLYTEDLYTHETHALE
4 letter words (49)
AHEDDAHLDALEDALTDATEDEALDELTDHALEATHHADEHAEDHAETHALEHALTHATEHEADHEALHEATHELDHYEDHYLAHYLEHYTELADELADYLATELATHLEADLEATLYTETAEDTAELTALETEADTEALTEDYTELATELDTHAETHEYTYDETYEDYALDYALEYATEYEADYEAHYELDYELT
3 letter words (48)
ALEALTATEAYEDAEDAHDALDAYDELDEYDYEEATEDHELDELTETAETHHADHAEHATHAYHETHEYHYELADLAHLATLAYLEALEDLETLEYLYETADTAETAYTEATEDTELTHETHYTYEYADYAEYAHYEAYEHYET
2 letter words (20)
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