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FLARE

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What FLARE Means

  1. noun: a shape that spreads outward“the skirt had a wide flare”
  2. noun: a sudden burst of flame
  3. verb: burn brightly“Every star seemed to flare with new intensity”
  4. verb: become flared and widen, usually at one end“The bellbottom pants flare out”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FLARE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 L1 A1 R1 E1.

Anagrams of FLARE (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In FLARE

41 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.

4 letter words (15)

3 letter words (15)

2 letter words (11)

Longer Words Containing FLARE

FLARE appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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