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Yes. The word needly is a Scrabble US word. The word needly is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (1 found)

NEEDLY,

5-letter words (4 found)

DEELY,DYNEL,NEEDY,NEELD,

4-letter words (18 found)

DEEN,DELE,DENE,DENY,DYNE,EELY,EYED,EYEN,EYNE,LEDE,LEED,LEND,LYNE,NEED,NYED,YEDE,YEED,YELD,

3-letter words (19 found)

DEE,DEL,DEN,DEY,DYE,EEL,EEN,ELD,END,ENE,EYE,LED,LEE,LEY,LYE,NED,NEE,NYE,YEN,

2-letter words (8 found)

DE,ED,EE,EL,EN,NE,NY,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 51 words from needly according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of needly

needly

Etymology 1

From Middle English needely, neodliche, from Old English nēodlīċe (“eagerly, earnestly, carefully, zealously, diligently, sedulously; greatly”); equivalent to need (“desire”) +‎ -ly. Cognate with Old Saxon niudlīko (“zealously, carefully”), German niedlich (“desirable, appealing, lovely, cute”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈniːd.li/

Adverb

needly (comparative needlier or more needly, superlative needliest or most needly)

  1. (archaic) Zealously; carefully; earnestly.

Etymology 2

From Middle English needely, nedelich, from Old English *nīedlīċe (“necessarily”), from nīedlīc (“necessary”); equivalent to need (“necessity, need”) +‎ -ly. Merged with Etymology 1 above. Cognate with Middle Dutch nodelike, Middle Low German nōtliken, Middle High German nōtliche.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈniːd.li/

Adverb

needly (comparative needlier or more needly, superlative needliest or most needly)

  1. (archaic) Necessarily; of necessity.
  2. (archaic) Urgently.

Etymology 3

From needle +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈniː.dəl.i/, /ˈniːd.li/

Adjective

needly (comparative needlier or more needly, superlative needliest or most needly)

  1. (informal) Like a needle or needles.
Synonyms
  • acicular

Anagrams

  • Leyden, leyned

Source: wiktionary.org