Is COSTLY a word?
COSTLY is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends, has 6 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 39 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, COSTLY is a valid word.
What does costly mean?
adjective: entailing great loss or sacrifice.
“a dearly-won victory”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
COSTLY: word details
- Pronunciation: KAHST-lee (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 6 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 22,342 6-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of costly
Shorter words inside costly
Words you can make from the letters of costly.
Solve a whole rack, not just COSTLY
COSTLY is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does COSTLY mean?
COSTLY is a adjective. It means: entailing great loss or sacrifice.
Is COSTLY a valid word?
Yes, COSTLY is a valid word. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.