HORSEFLY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. HORSEFLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HORSEFLY?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HORSEFLY is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HORSEFLY
No single letter turns HORSEFLY into another word.
How HORSEFLY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HORSEFLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HORSEFLY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about HORSEFLY
- All 8 letters of HORSEFLY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HORSEFLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large, fast, stout fly whose females bite horses, cattle and people to feed on blood.
The bite of a horsefly is sharp and painful, and it tends to attack in hot, still weather near water. Males feed on nectar and do not bite.
How HORSEFLY is used
Horsefly is used in everyday and natural-history writing about biting insects.
- A horsefly landed on the horse and bit its flank.
- The horsefly buzzed around us by the pond.
- She swatted a horsefly off her arm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HORSEFLY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HORSEFLY
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Common questions about HORSEFLY
- Is HORSEFLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HORSEFLY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HORSEFLY worth?
- HORSEFLY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HORSEFLY mean?
- A large, fast, stout fly whose females bite horses, cattle and people to feed on blood.
- What letters can be added to HORSEFLY?
- No single letter can be added to HORSEFLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HORSEFLY:
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