Is FLING a word?
FLING is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 10 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, FLING is a valid word.
What does fling mean?
noun: a usually brief attempt.
“he took a crack at it”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
FLING: word details
- Pronunciation: FLIHNG (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 9 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so FLING works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside fling
Words you can make from the letters of fling.
Solve a whole rack, not just FLING
FLING is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does FLING mean?
FLING is a noun. It means: a usually brief attempt.
Is FLING a valid word?
Yes, FLING is a valid word. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.