Is FLIGHTLESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, FLIGHTLESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does FLIGHTLESS mean?
- adjective
incapable of flying
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
10
Letters
F (4) + L (1) + I (1) + G (2) + H (4) + T (1) + L (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 17 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for FLIGHTLESS
FLIGHTLESS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from FLIGHTLESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- flights14
- lightless13
- hisself13
- leftish13
- selfish13
- fights13
- flight13
- giftless12
- sleights12
- elfish12
- fetish12
- filths12
- fishes12
- shifts12
- fight12
- hiltless11
- sleighs11
- sleight11
- slights11
- filth11
- flesh11
- hefts11
- shelf11
- shift11
- thief11
- fillets10
- hitless10
- stifles10
- eights10
- lights10
- sights10
- sleigh10
- slight10
- fehs10
- fish10
- heft10
- feists9
- filets9
- filles9
- fillet9
- fliest9
- flites9
- heists9
- itself9
- shells9
- shiels9
- shiest9
- shills9
- shites9
- stifle9
- thesis9
- thills9
- eight9
- gifts9
- light9
- sighs9
- sight9
- feh9
- legists8
- feist8
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