FLEAM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FLEAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLEAM?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLEAM is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLEAM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fleamsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLEAM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FLEAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about FLEAM
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FLEAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicaltechnical
A small, sharp blade formerly used for bloodletting or for lancing an animal's gum.
A fleam was a compact folding blade that surgeons and farriers once used to open a vein for bloodletting, a treatment believed to cure many ailments before modern medicine replaced it. Blacksmiths who doubled as animal doctors kept a fleam in their kit to lance a horse's gum or vein when the animal was thought to need bleeding. The same word survives today among saw sharpeners, who speak of the fleam angle, the slant filed into each tooth of a saw blade.
How FLEAM is used
Historical outside the specialist saw-sharpening sense, where fleam angle remains current technical vocabulary.
- The museum displayed a folding fleam once used by a country surgeon.
- The farrier carried a fleam to bleed a horse when required.
- He adjusted the fleam angle while filing the crosscut saw.
- A rusted fleam turned up among the blacksmith's old tools.
- The apprentice was taught how to strike the fleam with a small mallet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLEAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FLEAM
The 5 tiles of FLEAM in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with FLEAM
3 longer words begin with FLEAM.
Shorter words from the letters in FLEAM
Common questions about FLEAM
- Is FLEAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLEAM, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLEAM worth?
- FLEAM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLEAM mean?
- A small, sharp blade formerly used for bloodletting or for lancing an animal's gum.
- What letters can be added to FLEAM?
- FLEAM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FLEAM:
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