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Is sully a Scrabble word?

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

S1U1L1L1Y4

Is sully a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1U1L1L1Y4

Is sully a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sully is a Words With Friends word. The word sully is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1U2L2L2Y3

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Valid words made from Sully

You can make 5 words from 'sully' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


5 letters words from 'sully'

SULLY 8 

3 letters words from 'sully'

SLY 6YUS 6

2 letters words from 'sully'

US 2YU 5

All 5 letters words made out of sully

sully uslly sluly lsuly ulsly lusly sully uslly sluly lsuly ulsly lusly slluy lsluy slluy lsluy llsuy llsuy ullsy lulsy ullsy lulsy llusy llusy sulyl uslyl sluyl lsuyl ulsyl lusyl suyll usyll syull ysull uysll yusll slyul lsyul sylul yslul lysul ylsul ulysl luysl uylsl yulsl lyusl ylusl sulyl uslyl sluyl lsuyl ulsyl lusyl suyll usyll syull ysull uysll yusll slyul lsyul sylul yslul lysul ylsul ulysl luysl uylsl yulsl lyusl ylusl sllyu lslyu sllyu lslyu llsyu llsyu slylu lsylu syllu ysllu lyslu ylslu slylu lsylu syllu ysllu lyslu ylslu llysu llysu lylsu yllsu lylsu yllsu ullys lulys ullys lulys lluys lluys ulyls luyls uylls yulls lyuls yluls ulyls luyls uylls yulls lyuls yluls llyus llyus lylus yllus lylus yllus

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word sully. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in sully.

Definitions and meaning of sully

sully

Etymology

From Middle English sulen, sulien (“to become dirty; to defile, pollute, taint”), from Old English sylian (“to soil, pollute; to sully”), from Proto-Germanic *suliwōną, *sulwōną, *sulwijaną (“to make dirty; to sully”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid, muck”), perhaps conflated partially with Old French souillier (“to soil”) (modern French souiller) from the same Germanic source. The word is cognate with Danish søle (“to sully”), Dutch zaluwen (“to sully”) (Middle Dutch saluwen (“to sully”)), German sühlen (“to sully”), Old Saxon sulian (“to sully”), Swedish söla (“to sully”). Also compare Middle English sulpen (“to defile, pollute”), Old English solian (“to soil, become defiled, make or become foul”), and see more at soil.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsʌli/
  • Rhymes: -ʌli
  • Hyphenation: sul‧ly

Verb

sully (third-person singular simple present sullies, present participle sullying, simple past and past participle sullied)

  1. (transitive) To soil or stain; to dirty.
    Synonym: (obsolete) sowl
  2. (transitive) To corrupt or damage.
  3. (intransitive, ergative) To become soiled or tarnished.

Alternative forms

  • sullow

Coordinate terms

  • (to corrupt or damage): besmirch, debase, stain, tarnish

Derived terms

  • besully
  • unsullied
  • unsully

Translations

Noun

sully (plural sullies)

  1. (rare, obsolete) A blemish.

References


Source: wiktionary.org
  • that can be sullied.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)