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Is burly a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word burly is a Scrabble US word. The word burly is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

B3U1R1L1Y4

Is burly a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word burly is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

B3U1R1L1Y4

Is burly a Words With Friends word?

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

B4U2R1L2Y3

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5-letter words (1 found)

BURLY,

4-letter words (6 found)

BLUR,BURL,BURY,BYRL,RUBY,RULY,

3-letter words (7 found)

BRU,BUR,BUY,LUR,RUB,RYU,URB,

2-letter words (3 found)

BY,UR,YU,

You can make 17 words from burly according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of burly

burly ubrly bruly rbuly urbly rubly bulry ublry blury lbury ulbry lubry brluy rbluy blruy lbruy rlbuy lrbuy urlby rulby ulrby lurby rluby lruby buryl ubryl bruyl rbuyl urbyl rubyl buyrl ubyrl byurl yburl uybrl yubrl bryul rbyul byrul ybrul rybul yrbul urybl ruybl uyrbl yurbl ryubl yrubl bulyr ublyr bluyr lbuyr ulbyr lubyr buylr ubylr byulr ybulr uyblr yublr blyur lbyur bylur yblur lybur ylbur ulybr luybr uylbr yulbr lyubr ylubr brlyu rblyu blryu lbryu rlbyu lrbyu brylu rbylu byrlu ybrlu ryblu yrblu blyru lbyru bylru yblru lybru ylbru rlybu lrybu rylbu yrlbu lyrbu ylrbu urlyb rulyb ulryb luryb rluyb lruyb urylb ruylb uyrlb yurlb ryulb yrulb ulyrb luyrb uylrb yulrb lyurb ylurb rlyub lryub rylub yrlub lyrub ylrub

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Definitions and meaning of burly

burly

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɜːli/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)li

Etymology 1

From Middle English burly, burely, borly, burlich, borlich, borlic (“tall, stately”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots burely, burly (“rough, stout, sturdy, strong”). Perhaps from Old English *būrlīċ (“noble, stately”, literally “bowerly”), equivalent to bower +‎ -ly; or from Old English *byrlīċ (“high, raised”), from byre (“raised area, mound”), cognate with Old High German burlīh, purlīh (“lofty, elevated, high, exalted”), related to Old High German burjan (“to raise, lift, push up”). See burgeon.

Alternative forms

  • bowerly (dialectal)

Adjective

burly (comparative burlier, superlative burliest)

  1. (usually of a man) Large, well-built, and muscular.
  2. (UK, East End of London, slang) Great, amazing, unbelievable.
  3. (US, slang, surf culture and/or Southern California) Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
Translations

Etymology 2

burl +‎ -y

Adjective

burly (comparative more burly, superlative most burly)

  1. Full of burls or knots; knotty.

See also

  • hurly-burly

Middle English

Adjective

burly

  1. Alternative form of burely

Source: wiktionary.org