Is SOOTHINGLY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SOOTHINGLY is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SOOTHINGLY mean?
- adverb
in a soothing manner
“the mother talked soothingly to her child”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
10
Letters
S (1) + O (1) + O (1) + T (1) + H (4) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) + L (1) + Y (4) = 17 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 SOOTHINGLY
SOOTHINGLY 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 SOOTHINGLY
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- histology16
- thionyls14
- tonishly14
- ghostly14
- nightly14
- shingly14
- sightly14
- soothly13
- thionyl13
- ghosty13
- goyish13
- nighty13
- shying13
- thingy13
- thongy13
- shooling12
- shooting12
- sinology12
- sitology12
- soothing12
- hostly12
- shinty12
- thinly12
- toyish12
- hying12
- yoghs12
- snootily11
- hooting11
- hosting11
- isogony11
- longish11
- shooing11
- styling11
- tholing11
- hooly11
- hooty11
- hotly11
- hyson11
- shily11
- shiny11
- synth11
- yogh11
- ooliths10
- sootily10
- stonily10
- tylosin10
- glinty10
- golosh10
- holing10
- hosing10
- lights10
- lyings10
- lysing10
- nights10
- oohing10
- shlong10
- singly10
- slight10
- stingy10
- stying10
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