FLOCCULENT is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. FLOCCULENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLOCCULENT?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLOCCULENT is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLOCCULENT
No single letter turns FLOCCULENT into another word.
How FLOCCULENT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in FLOCCULENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FLOCCULENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FLOCCULENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Resembling tufts of wool, or made of loose, fluffy clumps.
Flocculent describes a soft, woolly look, from precipitates in a test tube to clouds and the down of chicks. Unlike the verb flocculate, the adjective flocculent describes the finished texture.
How FLOCCULENT is used
Flocculent is used in science and in descriptive writing about fluffy textures.
- A flocculent white precipitate formed at the bottom of the flask.
- The chick was covered in flocculent down.
- Flocculent clouds drifted across the valley.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLOCCULENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLOCCULENT
1 longer words begin with FLOCCULENT.
Shorter words from the letters in FLOCCULENT
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Common questions about FLOCCULENT
- Is FLOCCULENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLOCCULENT, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLOCCULENT worth?
- FLOCCULENT is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLOCCULENT mean?
- Resembling tufts of wool, or made of loose, fluffy clumps.
- What letters can be added to FLOCCULENT?
- No single letter can be added to FLOCCULENT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of FLOCCULENT:
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