FLYTRAP is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. FLYTRAP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLYTRAP?
| 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 FLYTRAP is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLYTRAP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
flytrapsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLYTRAP scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FLYTRAP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What stands out about FLYTRAP
- FLYTRAP 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 FLYTRAP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A device or plant that catches flies.
A flytrap can be a sticky paper strip hung from a ceiling or a jar baited with something sweet. Gardeners know the word from the Venus flytrap, whose hinged leaves snap shut on insects. In both cases the aim is the same, to hold the insect for good.
How FLYTRAP is used
Flytrap is used of household fly traps and of insect-eating plants such as the Venus flytrap.
- A sticky flytrap hung beside the kitchen window.
- The Venus flytrap closed its leaves on a fly.
- He built a simple flytrap from a jar and sugar water.
- The greenhouse held a rare flytrap from the marshes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLYTRAP and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLYTRAP
1 longer words begin with FLYTRAP.
Shorter words from the letters in FLYTRAP
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Common questions about FLYTRAP
- Is FLYTRAP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLYTRAP, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLYTRAP worth?
- FLYTRAP is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLYTRAP mean?
- A device or plant that catches flies.
- What letters can be added to FLYTRAP?
- FLYTRAP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FLYTRAP:
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