DEERFLY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. DEERFLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEERFLY?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEERFLY is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEERFLY
No single letter turns DEERFLY into another word.
How DEERFLY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in DEERFLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 631,611.
What does DEERFLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A biting fly related to the horsefly, whose females feed on the blood of mammals.
A deerfly tends to circle the head of a hiker in wooded or marshy country before it bites. It is a smaller cousin of the horsefly, often recognised by the dark bands on its wings.
How DEERFLY is used
Deerfly is common in North American outdoor writing and may be spelled as two words.
- A deerfly kept buzzing around my hat all afternoon.
- The deerfly bite left a red welt on his neck.
- Marshes in midsummer are full of deerfly and mosquito.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEERFLY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DEERFLY
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Common questions about DEERFLY
- Is DEERFLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEERFLY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEERFLY worth?
- DEERFLY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEERFLY mean?
- A biting fly related to the horsefly, whose females feed on the blood of mammals.
- What letters can be added to DEERFLY?
- No single letter can be added to DEERFLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DEERFLY:
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