Is LONELY a word?
LONELY is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends, has 6 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 24 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, LONELY is a valid word.
What does lonely mean?
adjective: lacking companions or companionship.
“he was alone when we met him”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
LONELY: word details
- Pronunciation: LOHN-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 9 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 11 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 lonely
Words you can make from the letters of lonely.
Solve a whole rack, not just LONELY
LONELY 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 LONELY mean?
LONELY is a adjective. It means: lacking companions or companionship.
Is LONELY a valid word?
Yes, LONELY is a valid word. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 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.