FLIGHTY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. FLIGHTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLIGHTY?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLIGHTY is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLIGHTY
No single letter turns FLIGHTY into another word.
How FLIGHTY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FLIGHTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,088 thousand.
What stands out about FLIGHTY
- FLIGHTY gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FLIGHTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Changeable and irresponsible, likely to lose interest or change plans on a whim.
Calling someone flighty suggests they flit from one idea or person to the next. Horses described as flighty are easily startled, which is a more physical sense of the same restlessness.
How FLIGHTY is used
The adjective flighty is used about people and nervous animals.
- Her flighty brother changed jobs every few months.
- The mare was flighty and shied at every noise.
- He had a flighty way of dropping every plan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLIGHTY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FLIGHTY
Common questions about FLIGHTY
- Is FLIGHTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLIGHTY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLIGHTY worth?
- FLIGHTY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLIGHTY mean?
- Changeable and irresponsible, likely to lose interest or change plans on a whim.
- What letters can be added to FLIGHTY?
- No single letter can be added to FLIGHTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FLIGHTY:
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