FLYBELT is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. FLYBELT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLYBELT?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLYBELT is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLYBELT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
flybeltsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLYBELT scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FLYBELT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,632 thousand.
What stands out about FLYBELT
- FLYBELT gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FLYBELT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A strip or region of land infested with tsetse flies.
Flybelt is a term from African geography and veterinary work, where tsetse flies spread sleeping sickness. Cattle herders have long avoided a flybelt because their animals fall ill there. The belt can shift as land is cleared or bush grows back.
How FLYBELT is used
Flybelt appears mainly in writing about African farming, disease control and land use.
- The herders drove their cattle around the flybelt.
- A wide flybelt separated the two grazing districts.
- Clearing bush pushed back the flybelt over the years.
- Settlers avoided the flybelt for fear of disease.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLYBELT and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLYBELT
1 longer words begin with FLYBELT.
Shorter words from the letters in FLYBELT
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Common questions about FLYBELT
- Is FLYBELT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLYBELT, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLYBELT worth?
- FLYBELT is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLYBELT mean?
- A strip or region of land infested with tsetse flies.
- What letters can be added to FLYBELT?
- FLYBELT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FLYBELT:
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