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Is holly a Scrabble word?

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

H4O1L1L1Y4

Is holly a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4O1L1L1Y4

Is holly a Words With Friends word?

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

H3O1L2L2Y3

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5-letter words (1 found)

HOLLY,

4-letter words (1 found)

HOLY,

3-letter words (2 found)

HOY,LOY,

2-letter words (5 found)

HO,LO,OH,OY,YO,

You can make 9 words from holly according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of holly

holly

English

Etymology

From Middle English holly, holi, holie, a shortened variation of holin, holyn (> English dialectal hollen, holm), from Old English holeġn, holen (“holly; prince, protector”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulis (“holly”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒli/
  • Rhymes: -ɒli
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑli/

Noun

holly (countable and uncountable, plural hollies)

  1. Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.
  2. The wood from this tree.
  3. (with a qualifier) Any of several not closely related plant species likened to Ilex because of their prickly, evergreen foliage and/or round, bright-red berries

Derived terms

Translations

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

holly

  1. alternative form of holy (sacred)

Etymology 2

Adjective

holly

  1. alternative form of holy (porous)

Yola

Alternative forms

  • holy

Etymology

From Middle English holly, from Old English hāliġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hailag.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɔliː/

Adjective

holly

  1. holy

Derived terms

  • hollydie

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 47

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