lightly
Lightly is also used as adverb, with meanings including with little weight or force.
Length
7
Scrabble
14
WWF
15
Starts
LI
Ends
TLY
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “LIGHTLY” Mean?
/ˈlaɪtli/
lightly has 7 documented senses across adverb.
Adverb
7 senseswithout good reason
“one cannot say such things lightly”
indulging with temperance
“we eat lightly in the morning”
with indifference or without dejection
“he took it lightly”
in a small quantity or extent
“spread the margarine thinly over the meat”
“apply paint lightly”
Synonyms
Show 1 more adverb definition
to a slight degree
“her speech is only lightly accented”
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
7
Vowels
1
Consonants
6
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Definition
without good reason
Length
7 letters
Starts With
L
Ends With
Y
Vowels
1
Consonants
6
Letters
L, I, G, H, T, L, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★LIGHTLY has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆LIGHTLY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆LIGHTLY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆LIGHTLY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEAF
CV Pattern
CVCCCCC
Vowel Share
14%
Consonant Share
86%
Bigrams
LI, IG, GH, HT, TL, LY
Trigrams
LIG, IGH, GHT, HTL, TLY
Crossword Intelligence
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