readerly
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 8
Definition of readerly
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Characteristic of readers.
“It+was+an+extraordinary+display+of+true+readerly+love+—+a+bunch+of+buffs+giving+a+contemporary+genre+writer+the+Shakespearean+variorum+treatment+on+their+own+time.”
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adj
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Characteristic of readers.
“It+was+an+extraordinary+display+of+true+readerly+love+—+a+bunch+of+buffs+giving+a+contemporary+genre+writer+the+Shakespearean+variorum+treatment+on+their+own+time.”
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Of or relating to the reader.
“Nevertheless, the dream element and over power to haunt come at a certain readerly price. The poem abounds in passages that will leave an unprepared audience bewildered.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From reader + -ly.
Words you can make from readerly
136 playable · top: DELAYER (11 pts)
Best play delayer 11 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
13 words5-letter words
30 words- DEARY 9 pts
- DELAY 9 pts
- DERAY 9 pts
- DERRY 9 pts
- DRYER 9 pts
- LARDY 9 pts
- LAYED 9 pts
- LEADY 9 pts
- LYARD 9 pts
- RAYED 9 pts
- READY 9 pts
- REDLY 9 pts
- REDRY 9 pts
- REDYE 9 pts
- REEDY 9 pts
- EARLY 8 pts
- LAYER 8 pts
- LEARY 8 pts
- LEERY 8 pts
- RELAY 8 pts
- YARER 8 pts
- ALDER 6 pts
- DARER 6 pts
- DREAR 6 pts
- EARED 6 pts
- ELDER 6 pts
- ERRED 6 pts
- LADER 6 pts
- RARED 6 pts
- LAREE 5 pts
4-letter words
42 words- DRAY 8 pts
- DYER 8 pts
- EYED 8 pts
- LADY 8 pts
- YALD 8 pts
- YARD 8 pts
- YELD 8 pts
- AERY 7 pts
- ARYL 7 pts
- EELY 7 pts
- EERY 7 pts
- EYER 7 pts
- EYRA 7 pts
- EYRE 7 pts
- LYRE 7 pts
- RELY 7 pts
- YARE 7 pts
- YEAR 7 pts
- DALE 5 pts
- DARE 5 pts
- DEAL 5 pts
- DEAR 5 pts
- DEER 5 pts
- DELE 5 pts
- DERE 5 pts
- DREE 5 pts
- LADE 5 pts
- LARD 5 pts
- LEAD 5 pts
- LEDE 5 pts
- READ 5 pts
- REDE 5 pts
- REED 5 pts
- ALEE 4 pts
- EARL 4 pts
- LEAR 4 pts
- LEER 4 pts
- RALE 4 pts
- RARE 4 pts
- REAL 4 pts
- REAR 4 pts
- REEL 4 pts
3-letter words
34 words- DAY 7 pts
- DEY 7 pts
- DRY 7 pts
- DYE 7 pts
- AYE 6 pts
- EYE 6 pts
- LAY 6 pts
- LEY 6 pts
- LYE 6 pts
- RAY 6 pts
- RYA 6 pts
- RYE 6 pts
- YAR 6 pts
- YEA 6 pts
- YER 6 pts
- DAL 4 pts
- DEE 4 pts
- DEL 4 pts
- ELD 4 pts
- LAD 4 pts
- LED 4 pts
- RAD 4 pts
- RED 4 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EEL 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ERR 3 pts
- LAR 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEE 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
2-letter words
14 wordsFind your best play with readerly
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