FLISK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. FLISK 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 FLISK?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLISK is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLISK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLISK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FLISK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does FLISK mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To move about restlessly, or to skip and caper playfully.
Flisk belongs to Scots and northern English dialect and describes the kind of restless, skipping movement a young animal or an impatient person makes. The related noun flisk names the caper itself, or a sudden whim that sends somebody off in a new direction. Dialect glossaries record flisk as a livelier cousin of frisk rather than a simple misspelling of that word.
How FLISK is used
Flisked, flisking. Also a noun for the caper itself. Scots and northern dialect.
- The lamb would flisk about the field the moment it was let out.
- She flisked past the door before anyone could stop her.
- A flisk of the tail was all the pony gave by way of warning.
- His sudden flisk of temper surprised the whole room.
- Old glossaries list flisk as livelier than the plain word frisk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLISK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FLISK
The 5 tiles of FLISK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FLISK
6 longer words begin with FLISK.
Shorter words from the letters in FLISK
Common questions about FLISK
- Is FLISK valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FLISK is not in it.
- How many points is FLISK worth?
- FLISK is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLISK mean?
- To move about restlessly, or to skip and caper playfully.
- What letters can be added to FLISK?
- FLISK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FLISK:
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