fly

VERBADJECTIVENOUN /flaɪ/
3 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH F

fly is a valid 3-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
F4L1Y4
4 + 1 + 4 =9 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 18TRIPLE WORD → 27
MEANING

What does fly mean?

VERB · 14 SENSES
2

Cause to fly or float.

“fly a kite”

NARROWER
3

Change quickly from one emotional state to another.

“fly into a rage”

BROADER
4

Display in the air or cause to float.

“fly a kite”

“All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N.”

BROADER
5

Hit a fly.

BROADER
6

Move quickly or suddenly.

BROADER
7

Transport by aeroplane.

“We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America”

NARROWER
RELATED
8

Travel in an airplane.

“she is flying to Cincinnati tonight”

“Are we driving or flying?”

BROADER
NARROWER
9

Travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft.

“Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic”

RELATED
10

Decrease rapidly and disappear.

11

Travel through the air; be airborne.

“Man cannot fly”

SYNONYMS
14

Be dispersed or disseminated.

“Rumors and accusations are flying”

ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1

(British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked.

NOUN · 5 SENSES
1

Fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect.

BROADER
FISH LUREFISHERMAN'S LURE
3

Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent.

BROADER
4

An opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth.

SYNONYMS
BROADER
5

(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air.

SYNONYMS