FLYPE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. FLYPE 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 13 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FLYPE?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLYPE is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLYPE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLYPE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FLYPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does FLYPE mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To turn something back or inside out, as a sock or a hat-brim.
To flype a stocking is to peel it back on itself so the inside becomes the outside, the way a sleeve gets turned before folding. Knitters and dialect speakers in Scotland and northern England use the word for this specific fold-back motion, distinct from simply turning something over. The related noun flype names the fold itself, the turned-back cuff or brim produced by the action. No single ordinary English word covers exactly the same fold-back sense, which is part of why flype has stayed in use.
How FLYPE is used
Chiefly Scots and northern English, used for the specific action of turning something back on itself.
- She would flype her stocking before pulling on a boot.
- To flype a hat-brim is to turn it back on itself.
- He flyped the sleeve before folding the shirt away.
- A knitter may flype the cuff to check the stitching underneath.
- The old word flype survives mainly in Scots knitting talk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLYPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLYPE
2 longer words begin with FLYPE.
Shorter words from the letters in FLYPE
Common questions about FLYPE
- Is FLYPE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FLYPE is not in it.
- How many points is FLYPE worth?
- FLYPE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLYPE mean?
- To turn something back or inside out, as a sock or a hat-brim.
- What letters can be added to FLYPE?
- FLYPE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FLYPE:
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