What BLACKFLIES Means
BLACKFLIES is a form of BLACKFLY, which means:
- noun: blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
- noun: small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BLACKFLIES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 L1 A1 C3 K5 F4 L1 I1 E1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In BLACKFLIES
452 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.
9 letter words (3)
8 letter words (7)
7 letter words (17)
ALLICESBACKIESBALLIESBECALLSBEFALLSBIFACESCAILLESFAIBLESFAILLESFECIALSFICKLESFLAKIESICEBALLICEFALLLIKABLESACLIKESKIABLE
6 letter words (52)
ABSEILALECKSALIBLEALKIESALLICEALLIESALSIKEBACKIEBALISEBECALLBEFALLBIFACEBLACKSBLAISEBLEAKSCABLESCAILLECALIFSCEIBASCLEIKSFABLESFACIESFACILEFAIBLEFAIKESFAILLEFAKIESFALCESFALSIEFECIALFELLASFELSICFICKLEFILLESFISCALFLACKSFLAILSFLAKESFLECKSFLICKSISABELKALIFSKIBLASKILLASLABELSLABILELESBICLIABLELIBELSLILACSSCILLASICKLE
5 letter words (125)
ABIESABLESAISLEALECKALECSALEFSALIFSALIKEALKIEALLISBACKSBAELSBAILSBAKESBALESBALKSBASICBASILBEAKSBECKSBELLSBICESBIKESBILESBILKSBILLSBLACKBLAESBLASEBLEAKCABLECAFESCAKESCALFSCALIFCALKSCALLSCEIBACEILSCELLACELLICELLSCIELSCILLSCLAESCLEFSCLEIKCLIESFABLEFACESFAIKSFAILSFAKESFAKIEFALLSFALSEFASCIFEALSFECKSFELLAFELLSFICESFIKESFILESFILLEFILLSFLABSFLACKFLAILFLAKEFLAKSFLASKFLEASFLECKFLICKFLICSFLIESFLISKICKLEILEACILEALKAIESKAIFSKAILSKALESKALIFKALISKELLSKIBESKIBLAKIEFSKILLSLABELLABISLACESLACKSLAICSLAIKSLAKESLEAFSLEAKSLIBELLICKSLIEFSLIFESLIKESLILACLISLESABLESAICESAICKSALICSALLESCAILSCALESCALLSELLASKAILSKELFSKELLSKILLSLACKSLAKESLICESLICK
4 letter words (153)
ABLEACESAESCAILSAKESALBEALBSALECALEFALESALFSALIFALLSASCIBACKBACSBAELBAILBAKEBALEBALKBALLBALSBASEBASKBEAKBECKBELLBELSBIASBICEBIKEBILEBILKBILLBISEBISKBLAECABSCAFECAKECALFCALKCALLCASECASKCEASCEILCELLCELSCIELCILLCLEFEIKSELFSELKSELLSFABSFACEFAIKFAILFAKEFALLFEALFEISFELLFIBSFICEFIKEFILAFILEFILLFILSFISCFISKFLABFLAKFLEAFLICICESILEAILKAILKSILLSISBAISLEKABSKAESKAFSKAIEKAIFKAILKAISKALEKALIKEASKEBSKEFSKELLKIBEKIEFKIFSKILLLABSLACELACKLACSLAICLAIKLAKELASELEAFLEAKLEALLEASLEISLEKSLIASLIBSLICELICKLIEFLIESLIFELIKELISKSABESACKSAFESAICSAILSAKESAKISALESALLSCABSEALSEIFSEIKSEILSELFSELLSIALSICESICKSIKASIKESILESILKSILLSLABSLAESLEB
3 letter words (74)
ABSACEAILAISAKEALBALEALFALLALSASKBACBALBASBELBESBISCABCELCISEASEFSEIKELFELKELLELSFABFAEFASFESFIBFIEFILICEICKIFSILKILLKABKAEKAFKAIKASKEAKEBKEFKIFKISLABLACLASLEALEILEKLESLIBLIELISSABSACSAESAISALSEASECSEISELSIBSICSIFSIKSKASKI
2 letter words (21)
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