Is FLYING valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLYING, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is FLYING worth?

FLYING is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to FLYING?

FLYING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

FLYING is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points

Yes. FLYING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.

f4l1y4i1n1g2

PlayableFLYING · 6 letters · 13 pts Scrabble · 15 pts WWF

13points in Scrabble

15points in Words with Friends

6letters

1hook available

1 in 459,897odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept FLYING?

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: 33 / 100

33WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.17

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

4.33%

Our own measure of how useful FLYING is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for FLYING

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

flyings14

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How FLYING scores

Scrabble f4l1y4i1n1g2 13

Words with Friends f4l2y3i1n2g3 15

Face value of the 6 tiles in FLYING, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
f	1	2
l	1	4
y	1	2
i	1	9
n	1	6
g	1	3

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.

What stands out about FLYING

FLYING 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

Words starting with FLYING

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1 longer words begin with FLYING.

Shorter words from the letters in FLYING

fling9 lingy9 lying9 inly7 liny7 ling5 fly9 fig7 gif7 fil6 fin6 yin6 gin4 ing4 lig4 lin3 nil3 fy8 fi5 if5 ny5 yi5 gi3 in2 li2

Common questions about FLYING

Is FLYING valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLYING, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is FLYING worth?: FLYING is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to FLYING?: FLYING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FLYING:

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