What FLANKER Means
- noun: a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver
- noun: a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
FLANKER is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 L1 A1 N1 K5 E1 R1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In FLANKER
121 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (4)
5 letter words (20)
ANKERANKLEFAKERFARLEFERALFLAKEFLANKFLAREFRANKFREAKFRENAKENAFKNARLLAKERLEARNNAKERNERALNERKARANKERENAL
4 letter words (46)
ALEFARLEEARLEARNELANFAKEFANEFANKFAREFARLFEALFEARFERNFLAKFLANFLEAFRAEKALEKANEKARNKERFKERNKNARLAERLAKELANELANKLARELARKLARNLEAFLEAKLEANLEARNARENARKNEALNEARNERKRAKERALERANKREAKREALREANRENK
3 letter words (35)
AKEALEALFANEAREARFARKEANEARELFELKERAERFERKERNFAEFANFARFENFERFRAKAEKAFKEAKEFKENLARLEALEKNAENEFNEKRANREFREN
2 letter words (16)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.