BUTTERFLY

What BUTTERFLY Means

1. verb: flutter like a butterfly
2. verb: cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking“butterflied shrimp”
3. noun: diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
4. noun: a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BUTTERFLY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 U1 T1 T1 E1 R1 F4 L1 Y4.

Words Made From The Letters In BUTTERFLY

178 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.

8 letter words (1)

7 letter words (5)

6 letter words (15)

5 letter words (41)

4 letter words (56)

3 letter words (46)

2 letter words (14)

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