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Is flounce a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word flounce is a Scrabble US word. The word flounce is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

F4L1O1U1N1C3E1

Is flounce a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word flounce is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

F4L1O1U1N1C3E1

Is flounce a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word flounce is a Words With Friends word. The word flounce is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

F4L2O1U2N2C4E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

FLOUNCE,

6-letter words (1 found)

LEUCON,

5-letter words (7 found)

CLONE,FELON,FOULE,LEUCO,NOULE,OUNCE,UNCLE,

4-letter words (27 found)

CLEF,CLON,CLOU,CLUE,COLE,CONE,CONF,ENOL,ENUF,FLOC,FLOE,FLUE,FOEN,FONE,FOUL,FUEL,LENO,LONE,LOUN,LUCE,LUNE,NOEL,NOLE,NOUL,ONCE,UNCE,UNCO,

3-letter words (23 found)

CEL,COL,CON,CUE,ECO,ECU,ELF,EON,FEN,FEU,FLU,FOE,FON,FOU,FUN,LEU,LOU,LUN,NEF,OLE,ONE,UFO,ULE,

2-letter words (14 found)

EF,EL,EN,FE,FU,LO,NE,NO,NU,OE,OF,ON,OU,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 74 words from flounce according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of flounce

flounce

Etymology

Probably of North Germanic origin, from Norwegian flunsa (“hurry”), perhaps ultimately imitative. Or, perhaps formed on the pattern of pounce, bounce.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flaʊns/
  • Rhymes: -aʊns

Verb

flounce (third-person singular simple present flounces, present participle flouncing, simple past and past participle flounced)

  1. To move in a bouncy, exaggerated manner.
  2. To depart in a dramatic, haughty way that draws attention to oneself.
  3. (archaic) To flounder; to make spastic motions.
  4. (sewing) To decorate with a flounce.

Translations

Noun

flounce (plural flounces)

  1. (sewing) A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.
  2. The act of flouncing.
  3. A row of corrugations, skin folds, or spines, on the hemipenis of a snake.

Derived terms

  • flounce post
  • flouncey (dated), flouncy

Translations

References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Further reading

  • ruffle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org