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

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Is trolley a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word trolley is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

TROLLEY,

6-letter words (5 found)

ROTELY,TOLLER,TOLLEY,TROELY,TROLLY,

5-letter words (9 found)

LOREL,OLLER,RELLO,TELLY,TOLLY,TOLYL,TOYER,TROLL,TYLER,

4-letter words (30 found)

EORL,EYOT,LORE,LORY,LOTE,LYRE,LYTE,ORLE,OYER,RELY,ROLE,ROLL,ROTE,ROTL,RYOT,TELL,TOEY,TOLE,TOLL,TORE,TORY,TREY,TROY,TRYE,TYER,TYRE,TYRO,YELL,YELT,YORE,

3-letter words (25 found)

ELL,ELT,LET,LEY,LOR,LOT,LOY,LYE,OLE,ORE,ORT,OYE,REO,RET,ROE,ROT,RYE,TEL,TOE,TOR,TOY,TRY,TYE,YER,YET,

2-letter words (12 found)

EL,ER,ET,LO,OE,OR,OY,RE,TE,TO,YE,YO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 83 words from trolley according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of trolley

trolley

Alternative forms

  • trolly

Etymology

Early 19th century (1823) meaning "cart", of dialectal origin (Suffolk), probably from troll (“to trundle, roll”) +‎ -ey (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒli

Noun

trolley (plural trolleys or trollies)

  1. A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.
  3. (US) A streetcar or light train.
    Synonyms: (UK) tram, trolley car
  4. (US, colloquial) A light rail, tramway, trolleybus or streetcar system.
  5. A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.
    Synonyms: crane trolley, traveling trolley
  6. A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.
  8. (Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland) A cart or shopping cart; a shopping trolley.
  9. Clipping of flatbed trolley.
  10. (British) A hand truck.
  11. (British) A soapbox car.
  12. (British) A gurney, a stretcher with wheeled legs.
  13. (Philippines) A handcar.

Hyponyms

  • (streetcar): interurban

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: tròlei
  • → French: trolley
    • → Romanian: troleu
  • → German: Trolley
  • → Welsh: troli

Translations

Verb

trolley (third-person singular simple present trolleys, present participle trolleying, simple past and past participle trolleyed or trollied)

  1. To bring to by trolley.
  2. To use a trolley vehicle to go from one place to another.
  3. To travel by trolley (streetcar, trolleybus or light train).

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English trolley.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɔ.lɛ/

Noun

trolley m (plural trolleys)

  1. (anglicism) trolley pole
  2. (anglicism) trolleybus

Descendants

  • → Romanian: troleu

Further reading

  • “trolley”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English trolley.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾolei/ [ˈt̪ɾo.lei̯]
  • Rhymes: -olei

Noun

trolley m (plural trolleys or trolley)

  1. (anglicism) Alternative spelling of trole

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.


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