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FLOPS

5 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What FLOPS Means

FLOPS is a form of FLOP, which means:

  1. noun: an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers“this computer can perform a million flops per second”
  2. noun: someone who is unsuccessful
  3. verb: fall loosely“He flopped into a chair”
  4. verb: fall suddenly and abruptly

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FLOPS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 L1 O1 P3 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In FLOPS

19 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 (5)

3 letter words (8)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing FLOPS

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

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