BOTFLY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BOTFLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOTFLY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOTFLY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOTFLY
No single letter turns BOTFLY into another word.
How BOTFLY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BOTFLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 776,076.
What stands out about BOTFLY
- BOTFLY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BOTFLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A stout, hairy fly whose larvae live as parasites inside the bodies of mammals.
Adult botflies do not feed, and the female glues or places her eggs on a host animal or on an insect that will carry them to one. Once hatched, the grubs, known as bots, develop under the skin or in the gut before dropping to the ground to turn into adults. The botfly is a classic example of a parasite with a very specialised life cycle.
How BOTFLY is used
A zoological and veterinary term; also found in nature writing.
- A botfly hovered near the horse and made it stamp nervously.
- The vet found a botfly larva under the skin of the cow.
- Few travellers recognise a botfly before they have been bitten.
- Each botfly species tends to prefer one kind of host.
- The farmer treated the herd to keep the botfly from laying eggs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOTFLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BOTFLY
Common questions about BOTFLY
- Is BOTFLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOTFLY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOTFLY worth?
- BOTFLY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOTFLY mean?
- A stout, hairy fly whose larvae live as parasites inside the bodies of mammals.
- What letters can be added to BOTFLY?
- No single letter can be added to BOTFLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BOTFLY:
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