Is FROWNINGLY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, FROWNINGLY is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 20 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does FROWNINGLY mean?
- adverb
with a frown; while frowning
“he looked at her frowningly”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
20
Scrabble
23
Words With Friends
10
Letters
F (4) + R (1) + O (1) + W (4) + N (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) + L (1) + Y (4) = 20 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for FROWNINGLY
FROWNINGLY has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from FROWNINGLY
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- frowning15
- frowny15
- flowing14
- fowling14
- glorify14
- wolfing14
- wrongly14
- yowling14
- flying13
- fringy13
- frying13
- growly13
- wrying13
- wyling13
- yowing13
- inflow12
- wingy12
- ingrown11
- rolfing11
- finny11
- flown11
- frown11
- fogy11
- gorily10
- lowing10
- owning10
- rowing10
- flow10
- fowl10
- frow10
- owly10
- wily10
- winy10
- wiry10
- wolf10
- wynn10
- yowl10
- florin9
- fling9
- flong9
- ginny9
- girly9
- glory9
- gonif9
- growl9
- grown9
- gyron9
- lingy9
- lying9
- owing9
- wring9
- wrong9
- yogin9
- fly9
- foy9
- fry9
- wry9
- wyn9
- yow9
- irony8
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