FLEY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FLEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLEY?
| 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 FLEY 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 FLEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fleysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLEY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FLEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does FLEY mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To frighten somebody.
Fley is Scots and northern and comes from an Old English verb that standard English lost entirely. It turns up in ballads and in dialect writing and nowhere else at all.
How FLEY is used
Fleyed, fleying. Scots and northern.
- The noise fleyed the whole flock.
- The word fley comes from an Old English verb.
- Standard English lost the verb behind fley.
- Ballads keep fley alive and speech does not.
- A fleyed horse takes an hour to settle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FLEY
The 4 tiles of FLEY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FLEY
3 longer words begin with FLEY.
Shorter words from the letters in FLEY
Common questions about FLEY
- Is FLEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLEY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLEY worth?
- FLEY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLEY mean?
- To frighten somebody.
- What letters can be added to FLEY?
- FLEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FLEY:
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