FLUEY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. FLUEY 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 11 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept FLUEY?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLUEY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLUEY
No single letter turns FLUEY into another word.
How FLUEY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FLUEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does FLUEY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Slightly unwell in a way that resembles influenza, with aches, a raised temperature or a heavy head.
People reach for fluey when their symptoms feel like the flu but are too mild or too uncertain to call it that outright. It works as a hedge, softer than saying someone actually has influenza, and it turns up mostly in casual talk about feeling off rather than in medical writing.
How FLUEY is used
Informal, spoken more than written; common in British and Australian everyday speech.
- She stayed home, feeling too fluey to face the office.
- His fluey headache had lasted since the weekend.
- A fluey ache in the joints kept him off the pitch.
- The whole family felt fluey after the school trip.
- I skipped the gym because I was fluey all week.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLUEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FLUEY
Common questions about FLUEY
- Is FLUEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLUEY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLUEY worth?
- FLUEY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLUEY mean?
- Slightly unwell in a way that resembles influenza, with aches, a raised temperature or a heavy head.
- What letters can be added to FLUEY?
- No single letter can be added to FLUEY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FLUEY:
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