Definition of flea

"flea" in the noun sense

1. flea

any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap

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Quotations for flea

I will send him away with a flea in his ear. [ Proverb ]

Most women proceed like the flea, by leaps and jumps. [ Balzac ]

That's a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. [ William Shakespeare ]

A man who attempts to read all the new productions must do as the flea does, - skip. [ Rogers ]

Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a flea, and yet he will be making gods by dozens. [ Montaigne ]

flea in Scrabble®

The word flea is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters flea:

LEAF
(33)
FLEA
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ALEF
(33)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word flea

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The 147 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In flea

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flea in Words With Friends™

The word flea is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters flea:

LEAF
(48)
FLEA
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ALEF
(48)
 

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The 159 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In flea

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Word Growth involving flea

Shorter words in flea

lea

Longer words containing flea

deflea defleaed

deflea defleaing

deflea defleas

fleabag fleabags

fleabane fleabanes

fleabite fleabites

fleabitten

fleaborn fleaborne

flealike

fleamarket fleamarkets

fleapit fleapits

fleas defleas

fleawort fleaworts

selflearn selflearned

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