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Is goodly a Scrabble word?

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

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Is goodly a Scrabble UK word?

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

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

GOODLY,

5-letter words (7 found)

DOOLY,GODLY,GOLDY,GOODY,GOOLD,GOOLY,OLOGY,

4-letter words (10 found)

DOGY,DOOL,GOLD,GOOD,GOOL,LOGO,LOGY,ODYL,OLDY,YOLD,

3-letter words (14 found)

DOG,DOL,DOO,DOY,GOD,GOO,GOY,LOD,LOG,LOO,LOY,OLD,YGO,YOD,

2-letter words (7 found)

DO,GO,LO,OD,OO,OY,YO,

You can make 39 words from goodly according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of goodly

goodly

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʊdli/
  • Rhymes: -ʊdli
  • Hyphenation: good‧ly

Etymology 1

From Middle English goodly, goodlich, gōdlich, from Old English gōdlīċ (“good, goodly”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdalīk, from Proto-Germanic *gōdalīkaz (“good, goodly”); equivalent to good +‎ -ly. Cognate with Dutch goedelijk, goelijk (“harmless, benign”), German gütlich (“friendly”), Icelandic góðlegur (“benign”).

Adjective

goodly (comparative goodlier, superlative goodliest)

  1. (dated) Good; pleasing in appearance; attractive; comely; graceful; pleasant; desirable.
  2. Quite large; considerable; sufficient; adequate; more than enough.
    a goodly sum of money
    walking at a goodly pace
Derived terms
  • goodliness

Etymology 2

From Middle English goodly, goodliche, gōdliche, from Old English gōdlīċe (“goodly”), from the adjective; equivalent to good +‎ -ly. Cognate with Middle High German guotlīche, güetlīche.

Adverb

goodly (comparative goodlier, superlative goodliest)

  1. (obsolete) In a goodly way; courteously, graciously.
  2. (dialectal or obsolete) Well; excellently.

Source: wiktionary.org