Is LABORIOUSLY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, LABORIOUSLY is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does LABORIOUSLY mean?
- adverb
in a laborious manner
“their lives were spent in committee making decisions for others to execute on the basis of data laboriously gathered for them”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
11
Letters
L (1) + A (1) + B (3) + O (1) + R (1) + I (1) + O (1) + U (1) + S (1) + L (1) + Y (4) = 16 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 LABORIOUSLY
LABORIOUSLY 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 LABORIOUSLY
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- blousily13
- burlily12
- solubly12
- syllabi12
- laborious11
- illusory11
- sailorly11
- ballsy11
- bayous11
- bialys11
- blousy11
- boyars11
- boylas11
- brolly11
- busily11
- suably11
- usably11
- sourball10
- lousily10
- surlily10
- bally10
- bayou10
- bialy10
- billy10
- bousy10
- boyar10
- boyla10
- boyos10
- brays10
- brosy10
- bully10
- buoys10
- burly10
- byrls10
- looby10
- sibyl10
- bailors9
- brillos9
- burials9
- labours9
- lobular9
- railbus9
- robalos9
- suboral9
- aliyos9
- alloys9
- orally9
- riyals9
- rosily9
- royals9
- sourly9
- ably9
- abys9
- bays9
- boyo9
- boys9
- bray9
- buoy9
- bury9
- busy9
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