FLEAWORT is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. FLEAWORT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLEAWORT?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLEAWORT is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLEAWORT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fleawortsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLEAWORT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FLEAWORT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FLEAWORT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about FLEAWORT
- All 8 letters of FLEAWORT are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FLEAWORT mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
Any of several plants once thought to repel fleas, including a yellow-flowered daisy relative and a plantain with sticky seeds.
The name joins flea and wort, an old word for plant, and records a folk belief rather than proven effect. Some fleawort species grow in Europe, while the seeds of a Mediterranean plantain are used as a gentle laxative.
How FLEAWORT is used
Mostly in botany books and herbal writing.
- Fleawort bloomed along the chalk path in July.
- Old herbals recommended fleawort to keep fleas from bedding.
- The botanist pressed a sprig of fleawort in her notebook.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLEAWORT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLEAWORT
1 longer words begin with FLEAWORT.
Shorter words from the letters in FLEAWORT
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Common questions about FLEAWORT
- Is FLEAWORT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLEAWORT, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLEAWORT worth?
- FLEAWORT is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLEAWORT mean?
- Any of several plants once thought to repel fleas, including a yellow-flowered daisy relative and a plantain with sticky seeds.
- What letters can be added to FLEAWORT?
- FLEAWORT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FLEAWORT:
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