FLEDGE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FLEDGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLEDGE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLEDGE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLEDGE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLEDGE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FLEDGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 188,140.
What does FLEDGE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To grow the feathers a young bird needs in order to fly, or to raise a young bird until it can fly.
The word describes a moment of change in a bird's life, when down gives way to flight feathers and the nest can be left behind. It can also be used of a person who rears the chick, as when a keeper looks after an orphaned bird until it is strong enough to go. In figurative use, a fledged project or a fledged writer is one that has just become independent.
How FLEDGE is used
Used literally of birds and figuratively of new projects or people.
- The chicks will fledge about three weeks after hatching.
- Volunteers worked to fledge the orphaned owlets.
- Swallows fledge early in the summer and gather on wires.
- It takes patience to fledge a young falcon.
- Her first novel was about to fledge into print.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLEDGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLEDGE
4 longer words begin with FLEDGE.
Shorter words from the letters in FLEDGE
Common questions about FLEDGE
- Is FLEDGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLEDGE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLEDGE worth?
- FLEDGE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLEDGE mean?
- To grow the feathers a young bird needs in order to fly, or to raise a young bird until it can fly.
- What letters can be added to FLEDGE?
- FLEDGE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FLEDGE:
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