FLIMP is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. FLIMP is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FLIMP?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLIMP is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLIMP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
flimpsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLIMP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FLIMP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does FLIMP mean in Scrabble?
verb
slanghistorical
To rob somebody by jostling or distracting them while an accomplice steals from them.
Flimp described a specific two-person trick worked in crowds and on public transport, where one person bumped or argued with the victim while a partner picked a pocket; older glossaries define flimp exactly that way. The word belonged to nineteenth-century criminal slang and sits in lists of thieves' cant beside other terms for confidence tricks. It is rarely met outside historical accounts of pickpocketing, where a writer still has to explain what it meant to flimp somebody.
How FLIMP is used
Flimped, flimping. Historical criminal slang, rarely met outside old accounts of pickpocketing.
- The gang would flimp a passenger just as the carriage doors closed.
- He was charged with trying to flimp an elderly man on the platform.
- Glossaries of thieves' cant list flimp beside other pickpocketing terms.
- She warned the tourists that a crowd was the easiest place to flimp somebody.
- The old report describes how the pair would flimp a shopper near the till.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLIMP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLIMP
3 longer words begin with FLIMP.
Shorter words from the letters in FLIMP
Common questions about FLIMP
- Is FLIMP valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FLIMP is not in it.
- How many points is FLIMP worth?
- FLIMP is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLIMP mean?
- To rob somebody by jostling or distracting them while an accomplice steals from them.
- What letters can be added to FLIMP?
- FLIMP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FLIMP:
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