FLAB is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FLAB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLAB?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLAB is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLAB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
flabsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLAB scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FLAB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does FLAB mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Soft loose flesh on the body.
Flab is a twentieth-century back-formation from flabby, which reverses the usual order of things. The adjective is roughly three centuries older than the noun taken from it.
How FLAB is used
Uncountable; there is no plural. Informal.
- A little flab round the middle after a winter indoors.
- The word flab was taken from flabby and not the reverse.
- Flab is younger than the adjective by three centuries.
- Fighting the flab was an advertising phrase of the 1960s.
- Flab as a noun did not exist before the twentieth century.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLAB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLAB
18 longer words begin with FLAB.
Shorter words from the letters in FLAB
Common questions about FLAB
- Is FLAB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLAB, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLAB worth?
- FLAB is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLAB mean?
- Soft loose flesh on the body.
- What letters can be added to FLAB?
- FLAB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FLAB:
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