FLUKE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. FLUKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLUKE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLUKE is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLUKE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLUKE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FLUKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does FLUKE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A lucky or accidental result achieved by chance rather than by skill or design.
A fluke describes an outcome that surprises even the person who caused it, as when a wild shot happens to hit the target or a guess happens to be correct. The word also names two unrelated things in specialised use, a parasitic flatworm and the flat, triangular part on the end of an anchor or a whale tail. Because a fluke by definition cannot be repeated reliably, calling a success a fluke usually plays down the skill involved.
How FLUKE is used
Common in everyday speech for an unlikely lucky event; also a technical term for a parasitic flatworm and for the flat part of an anchor or whale tail.
- Winning the lottery twice was pure fluke.
- By some fluke, the ball bounced straight into the goal.
- The vet found a liver fluke in the sample.
- The anchor fluke dug firmly into the sand.
- It was no fluke; she had practiced for months.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLUKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLUKE
3 longer words begin with FLUKE.
Words ending in FLUKE
1 words end in FLUKE. Useful as a back hook: play FLUKE onto a word already on the board.
Words with FLUKE inside
1 words contain FLUKE in the middle. Words that start with FLUKE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FLUKE
Common questions about FLUKE
- Is FLUKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLUKE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLUKE worth?
- FLUKE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLUKE mean?
- A lucky or accidental result achieved by chance rather than by skill or design.
- What letters can be added to FLUKE?
- FLUKE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FLUKE:
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