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Is GOLLY playable in Scrabble?

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Dictionary Name Region Valid
Offcl. Scrabble Pl. Dict. & Offcl. Scrabble Words SOWPODS International / UK / Australia YES
NASPA Word List 2020 NWL2020 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
NASPA Word List 2018 NWL2018 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Tournament Word List 2016 TWL16 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Tournament Word List 2014 TWL14 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Tournament Word List 2006 TWL06 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Tournament Word List 1998 TWL98 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Collins Scrabble Words 2019 CSW19 International / UK / Australia YES
Collins Scrabble Words 2015 CSW15 International / UK / Australia YES
Collins Scrabble Words 2012 CSW12 International / UK / Australia YES
Collins Scrabble Words 2007 CSW07 International / UK / Australia YES
Offcl. Scrabble Players Dictionary OSPD4 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Australian Primary Schools OWL2 Australia YES
Australian Primary Schools OWL1 Australia YES
Words With Friends 2000 ENABLE2K Worldwide YES
Words With Friends 1997 (retired) ENABLE1 Worldwide YES
Letterpress Letterpress Worldwide YES
Yet Another Word List YAWL Worldwide YES
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Scrabble points

Points

9

Letters
5
Letter score

G2O1L1L1Y4

Meaning of GOLLY

Definitions

Verb

golly - To spit; to force up phlegm from one's throat. “golly”, entry in 1984, Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 8th edition, reprinted 2000, page 483.

Noun

golly - A type of black rag doll.
golly - 1985, New Society , Volumes 71-72, page 4.
golly - There are pictures of the original “gollywogg” thus spelt from Florence Upton′s 19th century children′s books; there are examples of anti-semitic Edwardian gollies with huge noses, and all sorts of other curiosities.
golly - 2007, Richard Littlejohn , Littlejohn′s Britain, page 162.
golly - The Golliwog Squad was also making itself busy in Worthing, Sussex. Police said they were treating as a matter of ‘priority’ a complaint about gollies being displayed in a local store. Owner John Scadgell faced charges under Section 2 of the Public Order Act, which makes it an offence to exhibit anything which could be considered threatening, abusive or insulting.
golly - Any dark skinned person.
golly - 2005, Richard Snailham, The Blue Nile Revealed: The Story of the Great Abbai Expedition, 1968, page 217.
golly - “Bloody gollies!” muttered David Bromhead, provoked by the assault into bitter xenophobia.
golly - 2008, Theo van Leeuwen, Discourse and Practice: New Tools for Critical Analysis, page 137.
golly - Poked fun at the American “fashion” of “political correctness” and reassured viewers that gollies and black minstrel shows are just good, old-fashioned, innocent fun.
golly - A galosh.
golly - Chewing gum.
golly - Saliva or phlegm.

Word frequency

GOLLY is...

60% Complete
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66% Complete
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