Is FLOURISHING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, FLOURISHING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 18 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does FLOURISHING mean?
- adjective
very lively and profitable
“flourishing businesses”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
18
Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
11
Letters
F (4) + L (1) + O (1) + U (1) + R (1) + I (1) + S (1) + H (4) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 18 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 FLOURISHING
FLOURISHING 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 FLOURISHING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- flushing15
- lungfish15
- flourish14
- lionfish14
- fishing14
- furnish13
- flouring12
- foulings12
- furlongs12
- hirsling12
- hurlings12
- riflings12
- finish12
- fluish12
- fluorins11
- filings11
- firings11
- foiling11
- fouling11
- furling11
- furlong11
- girlish11
- hoising11
- horsing11
- housing11
- hurling11
- ingulfs11
- longish11
- lushing11
- rifling11
- roguish11
- rolfing11
- rushing11
- shoring11
- songful11
- surfing11
- flush11
- fohns11
- frosh11
- florins10
- fluorin10
- noirish10
- nourish10
- filing10
- firing10
- flings10
- flongs10
- fugios10
- fungos10
- fusing10
- ghouls10
- gonifs10
- hiring10
- holing10
- hosing10
- ingulf10
- loughs10
- ogrish10
- roughs10
- shlong10
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