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Is golly a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word golly is a Scrabble US word. The word golly is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

G2O1L1L1Y4

Is golly a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word golly is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

G2O1L1L1Y4

Is golly a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word golly is a Words With Friends word. The word golly is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3O1L2L2Y3

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5-letter words (1 found)

GOLLY,

4-letter words (1 found)

LOGY,

3-letter words (4 found)

GOY,LOG,LOY,YGO,

2-letter words (4 found)

GO,LO,OY,YO,

You can make 10 words from golly according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of golly

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Definitions and meaning of golly

golly

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɒli/
  • Rhymes: -ɒli

Etymology 1

Euphemism for God, dating from the 18th century. Possibly a compaction of “God′s body”.

Alternative forms

  • gollies

Interjection

golly

  1. (euphemistic) God! [From 1775.]
Synonyms
  • See Thesaurus:wow
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From golliwog.

Noun

golly (plural gollies)

  1. Abbreviation of golliwog:
    1. A type of black rag doll.
      • 1985, New Society, Volumes 71-72, page 4,
        There are pictures of the original “gollywogg” (thus spelt) from Florence Upton′s 19th century children′s books; there are examples of anti-semitic Edwardian gollies with huge noses, and all sorts of other curiosities.
    2. (offensive, ethnic slur) Any dark-skinned person.

Etymology 3

Nonstandard diminutive of galosh.

Noun

golly (plural gollies)

  1. (UK) A galosh.

Etymology 4

Possibly from Goliath.
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

golly (third-person singular simple present gollies, present participle gollying, simple past and past participle gollied)

  1. (Australia, juvenile) To spit; to force up phlegm from one's throat.

Noun

golly (plural gollies)

  1. (Australian slang, juvenile) Chewing gum.
  2. (Australian slang, juvenile) Saliva or phlegm.
    hack up a golly

Derived terms

  • golly pot

Source: wiktionary.org