FLESHMENT is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. FLESHMENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLESHMENT?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLESHMENT is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLESHMENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fleshmentsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLESHMENT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in FLESHMENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FLESHMENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FLESHMENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
obsolete
The excitement felt after a successful first attempt at something, which makes a person eager to go on.
The word fleshment comes from the idea of a young hound given its first taste of flesh. Shakespeare used fleshment for the eagerness that follows an early success.
How FLESHMENT is used
Fleshment is obsolete and now met only in older literature.
- In the fleshment of his first victory, he longed for another battle.
- The critic wrote of the young poet's fleshment after the first good review.
- Her fleshment grew with every goal she scored.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLESHMENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLESHMENT
1 longer words begin with FLESHMENT.
Shorter words from the letters in FLESHMENT
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Common questions about FLESHMENT
- Is FLESHMENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLESHMENT, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLESHMENT worth?
- FLESHMENT is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLESHMENT mean?
- The excitement felt after a successful first attempt at something, which makes a person eager to go on.
- What letters can be added to FLESHMENT?
- FLESHMENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of FLESHMENT:
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