FLIC is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FLIC 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 FLIC?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLIC is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLIC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLIC scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FLIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does FLIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
slang
A police officer, in French slang.
Flic is French and turns up in English chiefly in crime writing set in France. English has never needed the word, which is why it stays visibly foreign on the page.
How FLIC is used
Countable: a flic, two flics. Slang.
- A flic on every corner of the quarter.
- The word flic is French police slang.
- Crime novels set in Paris keep flic untranslated.
- Two flics arrived and neither wrote anything down.
- English borrowed flic without needing it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLIC
20 longer words begin with FLIC.
Words with FLIC inside
Showing 24 of 54 words that contain FLIC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FLIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FLIC
Common questions about FLIC
- Is FLIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLIC, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLIC worth?
- FLIC is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLIC mean?
- A police officer, in French slang.
- What letters can be added to FLIC?
- FLIC takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FLIC:
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