GLOWFLY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. GLOWFLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GLOWFLY?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GLOWFLY is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLOWFLY
No single letter turns GLOWFLY into another word.
How GLOWFLY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GLOWFLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,895 thousand.
What stands out about GLOWFLY
- GLOWFLY 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 GLOWFLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A firefly, a beetle that produces light.
Children in warm countries watch the glowfly flicker over the grass at dusk. The word is a plain descriptive name, easy to understand but less common than firefly.
How GLOWFLY is used
The noun glowfly is a less usual name for the firefly.
- A single glowfly drifted across the dark garden.
- We caught a glowfly in a jar and let it go.
- On summer evenings every glowfly seemed to blink in turn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLOWFLY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GLOWFLY
Common questions about GLOWFLY
- Is GLOWFLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLOWFLY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLOWFLY worth?
- GLOWFLY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLOWFLY mean?
- A firefly, a beetle that produces light.
- What letters can be added to GLOWFLY?
- No single letter can be added to GLOWFLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GLOWFLY:
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