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Is flint a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word flint is a Scrabble US word. The word flint is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is flint a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word flint is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

FLINT,

4-letter words (3 found)

FLIT,LIFT,LINT,

3-letter words (9 found)

FIL,FIN,FIT,LIN,LIT,NIL,NIT,TIL,TIN,

2-letter words (5 found)

IF,IN,IT,LI,TI,

You can make 18 words from flint according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of flint

flint lfint filnt iflnt lifnt ilfnt flnit lfnit fnlit nflit lnfit nlfit finlt ifnlt fnilt nfilt inflt niflt linft ilnft lnift nlift inlft nilft flitn lfitn filtn ifltn liftn ilftn fltin lftin ftlin tflin ltfin tlfin fitln iftln ftiln tfiln itfln tifln litfn iltfn ltifn tlifn itlfn tilfn flnti lfnti fnlti nflti lnfti nlfti fltni lftni ftlni tflni ltfni tlfni fntli nftli ftnli tfnli ntfli tnfli lntfi nltfi ltnfi tlnfi ntlfi tnlfi fintl ifntl fnitl nfitl inftl niftl fitnl iftnl ftinl tfinl itfnl tifnl fntil nftil ftnil tfnil ntfil tnfil intfl nitfl itnfl tinfl ntifl tnifl lintf ilntf lnitf nlitf inltf niltf litnf iltnf ltinf tlinf itlnf tilnf lntif nltif ltnif tlnif ntlif tnlif intlf nitlf itnlf tinlf ntilf tnilf

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Definitions and meaning of flint

flint

Etymology

From Middle English flynt, flint, from Old English flint, from Proto-West Germanic *flint, from Proto-Germanic *flintaz (compare Dutch vlint, flint (“flint, cobblestone”), German Flins, Flint (“flint, pebble”), Danish flint (“flint”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)plind- (“to split, cleave”) (compare Irish slinn (“slate, shingle”), Ancient Greek πλίνθος (plínthos)), from *(s)pley- (“to split”). More at split.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flɪnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnt
  • Homophones: Flint, Flynt

Noun

flint (countable and uncountable, plural flints)

  1. A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.
  2. A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker.
  3. A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.
  4. A type of maize/corn with a hard outer hull.
  5. (figurative) Anything figuratively hard.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • chert
  • ferrocerium

Verb

flint (third-person singular simple present flints, present participle flinting, simple past and past participle flinted)

  1. (transitive) To furnish or decorate an object with flint.

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Flint”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “flint”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

French

Noun

flint m (plural flints)

  1. flint glass

Middle English

Noun

flint

  1. Alternative form of flynt

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *flint, from Proto-Germanic *flintaz

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flint/

Noun

flint m

  1. (stone) flint

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flint/
  • Rhymes: -int
  • Syllabification: flint

Noun

flint f

  1. genitive plural of flinta

Swedish

Etymology 1

Clipping of flintskalle.

Noun

flint c

  1. a bald head (or bald portion of the head)
Declension

Etymology 2

Clipping of flintskallig.

Adjective

flint (comparative mer flint, superlative mest flint)

  1. (colloquial) bald
    Synonyms: (colloquial) flintis, flintskallig
Declension

References

  • flint in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • flint in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Source: wiktionary.org