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Hereditarily

h 4e 1r 1e 1d 2i 1t 1a 1r 1i 1l 1y 4

About 6 syllables

adjective · 12 letters · Uncommon · adverb form of hereditary

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does hereditarily mean?

adjective

  1. occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

    “an inherited disease”

    Synonymsfamilialgeneticinheritedtransmittedtransmissible

  2. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

    “ancestral home”

    Synonymsancestralpatrimonialtransmissible

Definitions shown for hereditary, the base form of hereditarily.

Is HEREDITARILY a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is HEREDITARILY worth?

Scrabble

19 pts
h 4e 1r 1e 1d 2i 1t 1a 1r 1i 1l 1y 4

Words With Friends

18 pts
h 3e 1r 1e 1d 2i 1t 1a 1r 1i 1l 2y 3

Wordfeud

19 pts
h 4e 1r 1e 1d 2i 1t 1a 1r 1i 1l 1y 4

NYT Crossplay

19 pts
h 3e 1r 1e 1d 2i 1t 1a 1r 1i 1l 2y 4

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in HEREDITARILY

Words that end like HEREDITARILY

Common words that share the ending -ILY, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

All words ending in -ILY

Hereditarily: quick answers

Is HEREDITARILY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. HEREDITARILY is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 19 points before board bonuses.
How many points is HEREDITARILY worth?
HEREDITARILY scores 19 points in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends, 19 in Wordfeud and 19 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does hereditarily mean?
hereditarily is the adverb form of hereditary, which means “occurring among members of a family usually by heredity”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in HEREDITARILY?
You can make 876 shorter words from HEREDITARILY, such as HEREDITARY, REHYDRATE, HEATEDLY, HERALDRY. See the full list.