FLINDER is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FLINDER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLINDER?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLINDER is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLINDER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
flindersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLINDER scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FLINDER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 128,662.
What does FLINDER mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A small fragment or splinter, usually met in the plural.
Flinders are the bits left when something brittle is broken into pieces. The word survives mostly in the fixed phrase "to fly into flinders" and in older writing.
How FLINDER is used
Rare; chiefly in the plural and in older texts.
- The window shattered into a thousand flinder pieces.
- He picked a flinder of wood out of his hand.
- The old boat was smashed to flinder fragments on the rocks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLINDER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLINDER
5 longer words begin with FLINDER.
Shorter words from the letters in FLINDER
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Common questions about FLINDER
- Is FLINDER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLINDER, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLINDER worth?
- FLINDER is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLINDER mean?
- A small fragment or splinter, usually met in the plural.
- What letters can be added to FLINDER?
- FLINDER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FLINDER:
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