flotsam
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of flotsam
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.
“STORAGE boxes -- catchalls for flotsam, jetsam, whatnots and thingamajigs -- are gaining new interest as decorative objects for the home.”
““What about that one?” “That'll do nicely. That gaggle of human flotsam doesn't even belong on the sea.””
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Etymology
From Anglo-Norman floteson, from Old French flotaison (“a floating”), from floter (“to float”), of Germanic origin (See float.), + -aison, from Latin -atio.
Words you can make from flotsam
124 playable · top: FLAMS (10 pts)
Best play flams 10 points6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
23 words4-letter words
49 words- FAMS 9 pts
- FLAM 9 pts
- FOAM 9 pts
- FAST 7 pts
- FATS 7 pts
- FLAT 7 pts
- FOAL 7 pts
- LOAF 7 pts
- LOFT 7 pts
- OAFS 7 pts
- SOFA 7 pts
- SOFT 7 pts
- ALMS 6 pts
- ATOM 6 pts
- LAMS 6 pts
- LOAM 6 pts
- MALT 6 pts
- MAST 6 pts
- MATS 6 pts
- MOAS 6 pts
- MOAT 6 pts
- MOLA 6 pts
- MOLS 6 pts
- MOLT 6 pts
- MOST 6 pts
- MOTS 6 pts
- OMAS 6 pts
- SLAM 6 pts
- SOMA 6 pts
- TAMS 6 pts
- TOMS 6 pts
- ALSO 4 pts
- ALTO 4 pts
- ALTS 4 pts
- LAST 4 pts
- LATS 4 pts
- LOST 4 pts
- LOTA 4 pts
- LOTS 4 pts
- OAST 4 pts
- OATS 4 pts
- SALT 4 pts
- SLAT 4 pts
- SLOT 4 pts
- SOLA 4 pts
- STOA 4 pts
- TAOS 4 pts
- TOLA 4 pts
- TOSA 4 pts
3-letter words
31 words- FAM 8 pts
- AFT 6 pts
- FAS 6 pts
- FAT 6 pts
- OAF 6 pts
- OFT 6 pts
- LAM 5 pts
- MAS 5 pts
- MAT 5 pts
- MOA 5 pts
- MOL 5 pts
- MOS 5 pts
- MOT 5 pts
- OMA 5 pts
- OMS 5 pts
- SOM 5 pts
- TAM 5 pts
- TOM 5 pts
- ALS 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ATS 3 pts
- LAS 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LOT 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- SAL 3 pts
- SAT 3 pts
- SOL 3 pts
- SOT 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TAS 3 pts
2-letter words
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