Is FORMERLY a word?
FORMERLY is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, FORMERLY is a valid word.
What does formerly mean?
adverb: at a previous time.
“at one time he loved her”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
FORMERLY: word details
- Pronunciation: FAWR-mur-lee (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 16 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 17 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.
Shorter words inside formerly
Words you can make from the letters of formerly.
Solve a whole rack, not just FORMERLY
FORMERLY 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 FORMERLY mean?
FORMERLY is a adverb. It means: at a previous time.
Is FORMERLY a valid word?
Yes, FORMERLY is a valid word. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 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.