FLAGITIOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. FLAGITIOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLAGITIOUS?
| 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 FLAGITIOUS is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLAGITIOUS
No single letter turns FLAGITIOUS into another word.
How FLAGITIOUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in FLAGITIOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FLAGITIOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about FLAGITIOUS
- FLAGITIOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FLAGITIOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Shamefully wicked or criminal, deserving public disgust.
A flagitious deed is not merely wrong but scandalous, the sort of crime that shocks a whole community. The word is old-fashioned and appears mostly in formal or literary writing.
How FLAGITIOUS is used
Rare and literary, applied to crimes, acts or people judged deeply wicked.
- The historian condemned the flagitious conduct of the regime.
- Nothing in his past was as flagitious as this betrayal.
- The newspaper described the scheme as flagitious and shameful.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLAGITIOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLAGITIOUS
3 longer words begin with FLAGITIOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in FLAGITIOUS
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Common questions about FLAGITIOUS
- Is FLAGITIOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLAGITIOUS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLAGITIOUS worth?
- FLAGITIOUS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLAGITIOUS mean?
- Shamefully wicked or criminal, deserving public disgust.
- What letters can be added to FLAGITIOUS?
- No single letter can be added to FLAGITIOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of FLAGITIOUS:
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