FLENSE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FLENSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLENSE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLENSE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLENSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLENSE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FLENSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 94,070.
What does FLENSE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To strip the blubber or skin from a whale, seal or other animal carcass.
To flense is to cut away the fatty layer of a whale or seal, a task once carried out on the deck or beside a whaling ship. The word comes from a Danish and Dutch source, reflecting the northern whaling trade that made it familiar. In modern use it can describe the stripping of fat or skin from any large carcass, and in a figurative sense, a harsh stripping away of something.
How FLENSE is used
Technical and somewhat uncommon; most often found in writing about whaling and sealing.
- The crew began to flense the whale as soon as it was hauled alongside.
- Sailors would flense the carcass and boil the blubber for oil.
- It took two days to flense the animal.
- They used long knives to flense the seal.
- To flense a carcass properly takes strength and skill.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLENSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLENSE
4 longer words begin with FLENSE.
Shorter words from the letters in FLENSE
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Common questions about FLENSE
- Is FLENSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLENSE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLENSE worth?
- FLENSE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLENSE mean?
- To strip the blubber or skin from a whale, seal or other animal carcass.
- What letters can be added to FLENSE?
- FLENSE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FLENSE:
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