FLAGELLAR is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. FLAGELLAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLAGELLAR?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLAGELLAR is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLAGELLAR
No single letter turns FLAGELLAR into another word.
How FLAGELLAR scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in FLAGELLAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 3 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FLAGELLAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FLAGELLAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to a flagellum, the whiplike thread cells use to swim.
Flagellar is used in microbiology for anything to do with these tiny tails, such as the motor that spins them in bacteria or the beating motion in sperm cells. It is a precise label that rarely leaves laboratories and textbooks.
How FLAGELLAR is used
Technical term in biology.
- The flagellar motor of the bacterium spins at astonishing speed.
- Flagellar movement carries the cell through the liquid.
- Researchers studied a mutation that left the cells without flagellar function.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLAGELLAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FLAGELLAR
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Common questions about FLAGELLAR
- Is FLAGELLAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLAGELLAR, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLAGELLAR worth?
- FLAGELLAR is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLAGELLAR mean?
- Relating to a flagellum, the whiplike thread cells use to swim.
- What letters can be added to FLAGELLAR?
- No single letter can be added to FLAGELLAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of FLAGELLAR:
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