FLOTAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FLOTAGE 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 FLOTAGE?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLOTAGE is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLOTAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
flotagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLOTAGE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FLOTAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 128,662.
What does FLOTAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The state of floating, or anything that floats on water, such as wreckage.
Flotage covers both the ability to stay on the surface and the stuff drifting there after a wreck or flood. It is a seafaring word, close in meaning to flotsam and buoyancy.
How FLOTAGE is used
Rare; used in nautical and technical writing.
- Barrels gave the raft enough flotage to carry four people.
- The beach was littered with flotage after the storm.
- Flotage from the sunken ship drifted for days.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLOTAGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLOTAGE
1 longer words begin with FLOTAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in FLOTAGE
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Common questions about FLOTAGE
- Is FLOTAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLOTAGE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLOTAGE worth?
- FLOTAGE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLOTAGE mean?
- The state of floating, or anything that floats on water, such as wreckage.
- What letters can be added to FLOTAGE?
- FLOTAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FLOTAGE:
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