FLEX is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. FLEX 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 FLEX?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLEX is to know. It scores 14 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLEX
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How FLEX scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FLEX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does FLEX mean in Scrabble?
verb
To bend a limb or a joint.
Flex as a noun for electrical cable is British and clipped from flexible. The slang sense about showing off is African American and reached general use through music during the 2010s.
How FLEX is used
Flexed, flexing. Also a noun in two senses.
- She flexed the joint and it clicked twice.
- A flex trailing across the floor is an accident waiting.
- The word flex for cable is clipped from flexible.
- They flex about things nobody else has noticed.
- Two flexes plugged into one socket.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLEX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLEX
Showing 24 of 49 words that begin with FLEX.
Words ending in FLEX
6 words end in FLEX. Useful as a back hook: play FLEX onto a word already on the board.
Words with FLEX inside
Showing 24 of 67 words that contain FLEX somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FLEX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FLEX
Common questions about FLEX
- Is FLEX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLEX, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLEX worth?
- FLEX is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLEX mean?
- To bend a limb or a joint.
- What letters can be added to FLEX?
- FLEX takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FLEX:
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