FLABBERGAST is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. FLABBERGAST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLABBERGAST?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLABBERGAST is to know. It scores 19 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLABBERGAST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
flabbergastsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLABBERGAST scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in FLABBERGAST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FLABBERGAST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FLABBERGAST mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To shock someone so greatly that they are left speechless.
Flabbergast has a comic, slightly old-fashioned sound and is usually used with a bit of humour. It is most often met in the participle flabbergasted, but the base form still turns up in headlines and talk.
How FLABBERGAST is used
Flabbergast is informal and playful in tone.
- The size of the bill will flabbergast him.
- Her sudden announcement was enough to flabbergast the whole family.
- Magicians love to flabbergast an audience.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLABBERGAST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLABBERGAST
4 longer words begin with FLABBERGAST.
Shorter words from the letters in FLABBERGAST
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Common questions about FLABBERGAST
- Is FLABBERGAST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLABBERGAST, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLABBERGAST worth?
- FLABBERGAST is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLABBERGAST mean?
- To shock someone so greatly that they are left speechless.
- What letters can be added to FLABBERGAST?
- FLABBERGAST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of FLABBERGAST:
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