SANDFLY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SANDFLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SANDFLY?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SANDFLY is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SANDFLY
No single letter turns SANDFLY into another word.
How SANDFLY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SANDFLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,158 thousand.
What stands out about SANDFLY
- SANDFLY 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 SANDFLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tiny biting fly of warm regions that can carry diseases.
The sandfly is much smaller than a mosquito and is hard to see, so people are often bitten without noticing. In some countries it spreads leishmaniasis, and travellers are advised to use nets and repellent.
How SANDFLY is used
Sandfly is used in travel health advice and in tropical medicine.
- A sandfly bite left a red mark on his arm.
- The beach was full of sandfly after sunset.
- Doctors warned them about the sandfly in that region.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SANDFLY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SANDFLY
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Common questions about SANDFLY
- Is SANDFLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SANDFLY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SANDFLY worth?
- SANDFLY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SANDFLY mean?
- A tiny biting fly of warm regions that can carry diseases.
- What letters can be added to SANDFLY?
- No single letter can be added to SANDFLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SANDFLY:
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