FLITE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. FLITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLITE?
| 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 FLITE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLITE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLITE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FLITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does FLITE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicScotsdialect
To scold or quarrel loudly, especially in a public exchange of insults; an archaic and dialectal spelling of flyte.
Two neighbors who flite trade sharp words back and forth, each trying to outdo the other with insults rather than settle anything calmly. The practice grew into a semi-formal contest in older Scots poetry, where two poets would flite in verse, hurling elaborate insults at each other for entertainment as much as for genuine anger. Modern English rarely uses flite outside historical writing, dialect speech, or discussions of this old poetic tradition, and most readers now recognize the word only through its more familiar spelling, flyte. Because the exchange is meant to be loud and public, flite always implies an audience rather than a private disagreement.
How FLITE is used
Archaic and dialectal, chiefly Scots; encountered mainly in older texts and discussions of flyting poetry.
- The old poem describes how two rivals would flite before the court.
- Neighbors could hear the pair flite over the garden fence.
- He refused to flite with someone so obviously drunk.
- The chronicler recorded how the bards flited for the king's amusement.
- Villagers gathered whenever the two women began to flite.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLITE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FLITE
The 5 tiles of FLITE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FLITE
2 longer words begin with FLITE.
Shorter words from the letters in FLITE
Common questions about FLITE
- Is FLITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLITE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLITE worth?
- FLITE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLITE mean?
- To scold or quarrel loudly, especially in a public exchange of insults; an archaic and dialectal spelling of flyte.
- What letters can be added to FLITE?
- FLITE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FLITE:
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