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Is googly a Scrabble word?

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

G2O1O1G2L1Y4

Is googly a Scrabble UK word?

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

G2O1O1G2L1Y4

Is googly a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word googly is a Words With Friends word. The word googly is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3O1O1G3L2Y3

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6-letter words (1 found)

GOOGLY,

5-letter words (3 found)

GOOLY,LOGGY,OLOGY,

4-letter words (5 found)

GOGO,GOOG,GOOL,LOGO,LOGY,

3-letter words (6 found)

GOO,GOY,LOG,LOO,LOY,YGO,

2-letter words (5 found)

GO,LO,OO,OY,YO,

You can make 20 words from googly according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of googly

googly

Pronunciation

  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɡʉːɡli/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡuɡli/

Etymology 1

Unknown; perhaps derived from googie (“an egg, in reference to the unusual direction of bounce”). Though the delivery was perfected and made famous by English cricketer Bernard Bosanquet, circa 1900, the term is recorded earlier in Australian English (1896).

Noun

googly (plural googlies)

  1. (cricket) A ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery.
    Synonyms: bosie, bosey, wrong 'un
Derived terms
  • bowl a googly
  • google

See also

  • chinaman
  • cutter
  • doosra
  • full toss
  • inswing
  • leg break
  • off-break
  • outswing
  • screwball grip
  • seamer
  • yorker

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Perhaps from goo-goo (“amorous”), or directly from goggle. Attested from 1901.

Adjective

googly (comparative googlier, superlative googliest)

  1. (of the eyes) Bulging.
  2. (usually of eyes, sometimes of persons) Appearing to be amorous, flirtatious.

See also

  • googly-eyed
  • googly eye
  • googly-moogly

Further reading

  • googly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “googly”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • “googly, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  • “googly, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

  • Göygöl

Source: wiktionary.org