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Is comely a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word comely is a Scrabble US word. The word comely is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is comely a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word comely is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

C3O1M3E1L1Y4

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Yes. The word comely is a Words With Friends word. The word comely is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

COMELY,

5-letter words (5 found)

CELOM,CLOYE,COLEY,CYMOL,MOYLE,

4-letter words (14 found)

CLEM,CLOY,COLE,COLY,COME,CYME,ELMY,LOME,LYME,MOLE,MOLY,MOYL,YELM,YLEM,

3-letter words (21 found)

CEL,CLY,COL,COY,ECO,ELM,EMO,LEY,LOY,LYE,LYM,MEL,MOC,MOE,MOL,MOY,MYC,OLE,OLM,OYE,YOM,

2-letter words (11 found)

EL,EM,LO,ME,MO,MY,OE,OM,OY,YE,YO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 53 words from comely according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of comely

comely

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈkʌmli/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmli
  • Hyphenation: come‧ly

Etymology 1

The adjective is derived from Middle English comly, comli, cumly, cumlich (“of a person: beautiful, handsome, etc.; of noble birth, bearing, or character; of behaviour: appropriate, becoming; of an event: convenient; favourable; of a thing: beautiful, wonderful; fitting, proper”), from Old English cymlīċ, cȳmlīċ (“beautiful, comely; splendid; convenient”), from cȳme (“beautiful, comely; splendid; exquisite, fine”) + -līċ (suffix meaning ‘like; relating to’ forming adjectives). Cȳme is derived from Proto-Germanic *kūmiz (“delicate; feeble”), from *kūmalīkaz (“dear; pitiful”), probably related to *kūmaz, *kūmijaz (“pitiful; frail, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, name; to call on, invoke; to cry, cry out”). The word was influenced by come (verb).

The verb is derived from the adjective.

Adjective

comely (comparative comelier or more comely, superlative comeliest or most comely) (chiefly literary or poetic)

  1. (dated or archaic)
    1. Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.
      Synonyms: pulchritudinous; see also Thesaurus:beautiful
      Antonyms: homely, uncomely; see also Thesaurus:ugly
    2. Of a person, an action, behaviour, etc.: meeting accepted moral or social norms; appropriate, becoming, proper.
      Synonyms: agreeable, seemly; see also Thesaurus:suitable
      Antonyms: improper, inappropriate, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly; see also Thesaurus:unsuitable
    3. Of a thing: beautiful, elegant, well-composed; also, delicate, fine.
      Antonym: uncomely
  2. (obsolete) Pleasing to the feelings or senses; agreeable, nice, pleasant.
    Synonyms: gratifying; see also Thesaurus:pleasant
    Antonyms: see Thesaurus:unpleasant
Alternative forms
  • comly, cumlie (obsolete)
Derived terms
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Verb

comely (third-person singular simple present comelies, present participle comelying, simple past and past participle comelied)

  1. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To embellish or grace (something).

Etymology 2

From Middle English comli, cumly, cumeliche (“beautifully, handsomely; gracefully; splendidly; fittingly, properly; well”), from Old English cȳme (adjective) (see etymology 1) + Middle English -li (suffix forming adverbs).

Adverb

comely (comparative more comely, superlative most comely)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of comelily (“in a comely manner: in an attractive or pleasing manner; in a manner which meets accepted moral or social norms”)
    Antonym: (obsolete) uncomely
Derived terms
  • uncomely (adverb) (obsolete)
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Anagrams

  • Comley

Source: wiktionary.org