MEDFLY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. MEDFLY 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 MEDFLY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MEDFLY is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEDFLY
No single letter turns MEDFLY into another word.
How MEDFLY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MEDFLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 776,076.
What stands out about MEDFLY
- MEDFLY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MEDFLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A small black-and-white fly whose larvae tunnel into citrus and other fruits and damage crops.
Farm officials treat a medfly outbreak as an emergency because the insect can ruin whole harvests. Traps and sterile-insect releases are common ways of keeping it in check.
How MEDFLY is used
Used in agriculture and news about quarantines and pest control.
- Inspectors set traps to see whether the medfly had reached the orchard.
- A single medfly can lay eggs in dozens of ripening peaches.
- The county banned fruit transport during the medfly alert.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEDFLY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MEDFLY
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Common questions about MEDFLY
- Is MEDFLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEDFLY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEDFLY worth?
- MEDFLY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEDFLY mean?
- A small black-and-white fly whose larvae tunnel into citrus and other fruits and damage crops.
- What letters can be added to MEDFLY?
- No single letter can be added to MEDFLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MEDFLY:
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