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Is barely a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word barely is a Scrabble US word. The word barely is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is barely a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word barely is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

B3A1R1E1L1Y4

Is barely a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word barely is a Words With Friends word. The word barely is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (3 found)

BARELY,BARLEY,BLEARY,

5-letter words (18 found)

ABLER,BALER,BARYE,BAYER,BAYLE,BELAR,BELAY,BERAY,BERYL,BLAER,BLARE,BLEAR,EARLY,LAYER,LEARY,RAYLE,RELAY,YERBA,

4-letter words (37 found)

ABER,ABLE,ABLY,ABYE,AERY,ALBE,ARLE,ARYL,AYRE,BAEL,BALE,BARE,BAYE,BEAL,BEAR,BLAE,BLAY,BLEY,BRAE,BRAY,BREY,BYRE,BYRL,EARL,EYRA,LAER,LARE,LEAR,LYRA,LYRE,RALE,REAL,RELY,RYAL,YALE,YARE,YEAR,

3-letter words (31 found)

ABY,ALB,ALE,ARB,ARE,ARY,AYE,BAE,BAL,BAR,BAY,BEL,BEY,BRA,BYE,EAR,ERA,LAB,LAR,LAY,LEA,LEY,LYE,RAY,REB,RYA,RYE,YAE,YAR,YEA,YER,

2-letter words (15 found)

AB,AE,AL,AR,AY,BA,BE,BY,EA,EL,ER,LA,RE,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 105 words from barely according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of barely

barely

Etymology

From Middle English barely, baarly, barly, bareliche, equivalent to bare +‎ -ly. Compare Danish bare (“only, just”), Norwegian bare (“only, just”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɛə(ɹ).li/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɛɹ.li/
  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)li
  • Hyphenation: bare‧ly

Adverb

barely (not comparable)

  1. (degree) By a small margin.
    • 1925, Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera, silent movie
      ‘It is barely possible you may hear of a ghost, a Phantom of the Opera!’
  2. (degree) Almost not at all.
  3. (archaic) merely.

Usage notes

It is grammatically a negative word. It therefore collocates with ever rather than never.

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Synonyms

  • (degree): hardly, scarcely
  • (barely, almost not or not quite): hardly, just, only just, scarcely

Translations

Anagrams

  • Barley, Braley, barley, bearly, bleary

Source: wiktionary.org