FLEW is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FLEW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLEW?
| 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 FLEW is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLEW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
flewsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLEW scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FLEW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does FLEW mean in Scrabble?
verb
To fly — the past form.
Flew belongs to the vowel-changing pattern that produced blew and grew, and the participle changes again to a third vowel. Very few English verbs still do this, and no new one has joined them in centuries.
How FLEW is used
Past tense of fly. The participle is flown.
- They flew overnight and arrived unable to speak.
- The word flew changes its vowel and the participle changes again.
- Blew and grew follow the same pattern as flew.
- The whole afternoon flew past.
- Nothing new has joined the group that flew belongs to.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLEW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLEW
2 longer words begin with FLEW.
Words ending in FLEW
3 words end in FLEW. Useful as a back hook: play FLEW onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in FLEW
Common questions about FLEW
- Is FLEW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLEW, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLEW worth?
- FLEW is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLEW mean?
- To fly — the past form.
- What letters can be added to FLEW?
- FLEW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FLEW:
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