FLAVORY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. FLAVORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLAVORY?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLAVORY is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLAVORY
No single letter turns FLAVORY into another word.
How FLAVORY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FLAVORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,158 thousand.
What does FLAVORY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
North American
Having a rich, pleasant flavor.
Cooks and tea tasters reach for flavory when a food or drink delivers plenty of taste. It is the American spelling, while the British form keeps the extra letter u. The word is uncommon, and most writers choose tasty or flavorful instead.
How FLAVORY is used
Flavory is a rare descriptive word, found in food writing and word lists more than in everyday speech.
- The soup turned out surprisingly flavory for such a short cooking time.
- She preferred a flavory tea to the pale, watery kind.
- A flavory sauce can rescue a plain bowl of rice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLAVORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FLAVORY
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Common questions about FLAVORY
- Is FLAVORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLAVORY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLAVORY worth?
- FLAVORY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLAVORY mean?
- Having a rich, pleasant flavor.
- What letters can be added to FLAVORY?
- No single letter can be added to FLAVORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FLAVORY:
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