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Yes. The word sally is a Scrabble US word. The word sally is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word sally is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

SALLY,

4-letter words (5 found)

ALLS,ALLY,LAYS,SALL,SLAY,

3-letter words (9 found)

ALL,ALS,AYS,LAS,LAY,SAL,SAY,SLY,YAS,

2-letter words (5 found)

AL,AS,AY,LA,YA,

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

All 5 letters words made out of sally

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Definitions and meaning of sally

sally

Alternative forms

  • salley (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsæli/
  • Rhymes: -æli

Etymology 1

From Middle English saly, from Old English saliġ, sealh (“willow”). More at sallow.

Noun

sally (plural sallies)

  1. A willow
  2. Any tree that looks like a willow
  3. An object made from the above trees' wood
Derived terms
  • sally-picker
  • sally rod
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French saillie, from sailli, the past participle of the verb saillir (“to leap forth”), itself from Latin salīre (“to leap”).

Noun

sally (plural sallies)

  1. A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
  2. A sudden rushing forth.
  3. (figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
  4. An excursion or side trip.
  5. A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.
Related terms
  • salient (cognate; both of these military terms come from a verb meaning "to leap forth", but in different ways)
Translations
See also
  • sally port

Verb

sally (third-person singular simple present sallies, present participle sallying, simple past and past participle sallied)

  1. (intransitive) To make a sudden attack (e.g. on an enemy from a defended position).
    The troops sallied in desperation.
    A feeding strategy of some birds is to sally out from a perch to snatch an insect and then returning to the same or a different perch.
  2. (intransitive) To set out on an excursion; venture; depart (often followed by "forth").
    • 1876, The Shamrock (volume 14)
      So I tucked my violin under my arm, and sallied out after the old budgy ragman, determined to ease him of his load at the very first lonesome corner I could track him to.
  3. (intransitive) To venture off the beaten path.
Translations

Etymology 3

salvation +‎ -y

Noun

sally (plural sallies)

  1. (New Zealand, slang) A member of the Salvation Army.
Synonyms
  • Salvo
Related terms
  • Sally Army

Etymology 4

Unknown.

Noun

sally (plural sallies)

  1. A kind of stonefly.
  2. A wren.

References

  • “sally”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

  • Sylla, lylas, y'all's, y'alls

Source: wiktionary.org