Definitions For Flyblow

Verb

flyblows , flyblowing , flyblew , flyblown (transitive) To deposit eggs upon, as a blowfly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty. (transitive, by extension) To taint or contaminate.

Noun

FLYBLOW (plural FLYBLOWs) The larva of the blowfly, especially when found on rotten meat.

Hypernyms

maggot

Translations

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Etymology

fly + blow

Anagrams

blowfly

Is Flyblow a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
18
Words with Friends
20

The word Flyblow is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

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