FLACK is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. FLACK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLACK?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLACK is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLACK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
flacksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLACK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FLACK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does FLACK mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
A publicity agent hired to promote a person, product, or organization and manage its public image.
A flack works behind the scenes to generate favorable coverage for a client, whether a politician, a company, or a celebrity. The term carries a slightly dismissive edge, suggesting someone more concerned with spin than with strict accuracy. It grew out of American entertainment and political journalism in the twentieth century, where reporters needed a quick word for the people feeding them stories.
How FLACK is used
Informal and mildly disparaging; typically used by journalists or in casual conversation about publicity work, chiefly in North American English.
- The studio flack called every critic before the premiere.
- A campaign flack denied the rumor within minutes.
- She worked as a flack for a major record label.
- The flack tried to spin the scandal into good news.
- Reporters grew tired of the flack's rehearsed answers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLACK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLACK
13 longer words begin with FLACK.
Words ending in FLACK
1 words end in FLACK. Useful as a back hook: play FLACK onto a word already on the board.
Words with FLACK inside
1 words contain FLACK in the middle. Words that start with FLACK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FLACK
Common questions about FLACK
- Is FLACK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLACK, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLACK worth?
- FLACK is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLACK mean?
- A publicity agent hired to promote a person, product, or organization and manage its public image.
- What letters can be added to FLACK?
- FLACK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FLACK:
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