FLOW is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FLOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLOW?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLOW is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLOW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLOW scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FLOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,635.
What stands out about FLOW
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FLOW mean in Scrabble?
verb
To move steadily and continuously.
Flow and float come from one root, and flood is a third member of the same family. The psychological sense, about being completely absorbed in a task, was named and studied in 1975.
How FLOW is used
Flowed, flowing. Also a noun.
- The river flowed backwards for an hour on the tide.
- The word flow shares a root with float and flood.
- A state of flow was named in 1975.
- Traffic flowed until the lights failed.
- The flow of the argument matters more than its parts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FLOW
The 4 tiles of FLOW in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with FLOW
Showing 24 of 45 words that begin with FLOW.
Words ending in FLOW
16 words end in FLOW. Useful as a back hook: play FLOW onto a word already on the board.
Words with FLOW inside
Showing 24 of 114 words that contain FLOW somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FLOW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FLOW
Common questions about FLOW
- Is FLOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLOW, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLOW worth?
- FLOW is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLOW mean?
- To move steadily and continuously.
- What letters can be added to FLOW?
- FLOW takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FLOW:
Open FLOW in the Word Finder