FLUNKY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. FLUNKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLUNKY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLUNKY is to know. It scores 16 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLUNKY
No single letter turns FLUNKY into another word.
How FLUNKY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FLUNKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,104 thousand.
What stands out about FLUNKY
- FLUNKY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FLUNKY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A person who does menial tasks for someone more powerful, often in an eager or servile way.
Originally a uniformed footman, a flunky today is a contemptuous label for a hanger-on who fetches and flatters. It sounds scornful, so people rarely use it of themselves.
How FLUNKY is used
Derogatory; the spellings flunkey and flunkie also occur.
- The senator arrived with a flunky carrying his coat.
- She refused to be treated as the boss flunky.
- Every flunky in the office laughed at his joke.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLUNKY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLUNKY
2 longer words begin with FLUNKY.
Shorter words from the letters in FLUNKY
Common questions about FLUNKY
- Is FLUNKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLUNKY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLUNKY worth?
- FLUNKY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLUNKY mean?
- A person who does menial tasks for someone more powerful, often in an eager or servile way.
- What letters can be added to FLUNKY?
- No single letter can be added to FLUNKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FLUNKY:
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