AFLAME is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. AFLAME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AFLAME?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AFLAME is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AFLAME
No single letter turns AFLAME into another word.
How AFLAME scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AFLAME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does AFLAME mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
On fire and burning brightly; also glowing as if lit by flame, or stirred by strong feeling.
Writers reach for aflame when a plain word like burning feels too small, whether for a house engulfed by fire or a sky streaked with sunset. It can describe feelings as well, as when a crowd is aflame with anger or a heart aflame with love. The word is built from the old prefix a-, meaning "in", joined to flame, so it literally means "in flames". It is usually found after the noun it describes rather than before it.
How AFLAME is used
Literary or poetic; normally follows the noun or verb "to be", rarely used in plain speech.
- The barn was aflame before the firefighters arrived.
- The western sky was aflame at dusk.
- The whole town was aflame with rumours of the vote.
- His cheeks were aflame with embarrassment.
- The maple leaves in October seem aflame on the hillside.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AFLAME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about AFLAME
- Is AFLAME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AFLAME, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AFLAME worth?
- AFLAME is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AFLAME mean?
- On fire and burning brightly; also glowing as if lit by flame, or stirred by strong feeling.
- What letters can be added to AFLAME?
- No single letter can be added to AFLAME to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AFLAME:
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