flood

NOUNVERB /fləd/
5 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH F

flood is a valid 5-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
F4L1O1O1D2
4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 =9 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 18TRIPLE WORD → 27
MEANING

What does flood mean?

NOUN · 6 SENSES
1

An overwhelming number or amount.

“a flood of requests”

2

A large flow.

BROADER
NARROWER
3

Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography.

4

The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land.

5

The act of flooding; filling to overflowing.

SYNONYMS
BROADER
6

The occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide).

“a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune”

BROADER
VERB · 4 SENSES
1

Cover with liquid, usually water.

“The swollen river flooded the village”

“The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes”

2

Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid.

“The images flooded his mind”

RELATED
3

Supply with an excess of.

“flood the market with tennis shoes”

4

Become filled to overflowing.

“Our basement flooded during the heavy rains”