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timely

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Is timely a Scrabble word?

Yes, timely is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 11 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of timely?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (obsolete) Keeping time or measure.Examples: "High lifted up were many loftie towres, / And goodly galleries farre over laid, / Full of faire windowes and delightful bowres; / And on the top a Diall told the timely howres."

adv (English)

1. (archaic) In good time; early, quickly.Examples: "If I had been born more timely, he said, Rhaegar would have married me instead of Elia, and it would all have come out different."

2. (obsolete) At the right time; seasonably.Examples: "And this we shall more readily perform, if we timely survey our knowledge, impartially singling out those encroachments, which junior compliance and popular credulity hath admitted."

3. (law) In compliance with applicable time limits.Examples: "On May 14, 1997, the jury convicted the defendant, who currently is serving a fifteen-month sentence. The defendant timely appeals."; "[…] § 2255's one-year limitation period starts to run when the time for seeking such review expires. Under this rule, Clay's § 2255 petition was timely filed."

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "timely"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "timely"?

Scrabble
11 points
t1
i1
m3
e1
l1
y4
Words With Friends
13 points
t1
i1
m4
e1
l2
y4

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