What SHADFLY Means
- noun: slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SHADFLY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 H4 A1 D2 F4 L1 Y4.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 67 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In SHADFLY
82 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 (1)
5 letter words (10)
4 letter words (29)
ALFSASHYDAHLDAHSDALSDASHDAYSDHALFADSFADYFAHSFASHFAYSFLAYHADSHALFHAYSHYLALADSLADYLAHSLASHLAYSSHADSHAYSLAYYADSYAHSYALD
3 letter words (30)
2 letter words (12)
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