HOVERFLY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. HOVERFLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOVERFLY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOVERFLY is to know. It scores 20 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOVERFLY
No single letter turns HOVERFLY into another word.
How HOVERFLY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HOVERFLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOVERFLY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about HOVERFLY
- All 8 letters of HOVERFLY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HOVERFLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A harmless fly, often striped yellow and black, that hangs motionless in the air over flowers.
The hoverfly copies the colours of wasps, which scares off predators even though it cannot sting. Gardeners welcome it because it pollinates flowers and its young eat aphids.
How HOVERFLY is used
Hoverfly is a common name used in gardening and nature writing.
- A hoverfly hung in the air above the daisy.
- At first I mistook the hoverfly for a wasp.
- Hoverfly larvae help keep the roses free of aphids.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOVERFLY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HOVERFLY
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Common questions about HOVERFLY
- Is HOVERFLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOVERFLY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOVERFLY worth?
- HOVERFLY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOVERFLY mean?
- A harmless fly, often striped yellow and black, that hangs motionless in the air over flowers.
- What letters can be added to HOVERFLY?
- No single letter can be added to HOVERFLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HOVERFLY:
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