Scrabble & Words with friends points
- flash is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
- flash is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
- flash is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11
Definition of flash
- a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph (noun)
Synonyms
- flash bulb
- flash lamp
- flashbulb
- flashgun
- photoflash
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) (noun)
Examples
- if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
Synonyms
- blink of an eye
- heartbeat
- instant
- jiffy
- new york minute
- split second
- trice
- twinkling
- wink
- a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story (noun)
Synonyms
- news bulletin
- newsbreak
- newsflash
- a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate (noun)
Synonyms
- flare
- a short vivid experience (noun)
Examples
- a flash of emotion swept over him
- the flashings of pain were a warning
Synonyms
- flashing
- run or move very quickly or hastily (verb)
Synonyms
- dart
- dash
- scoot
- scud
- shoot
- tastelessly showy (adjective)
Examples
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
Synonyms
- brassy
- cheap
- flashy
- garish
- gaudy
- gimcrack
- loud
- meretricious
- tacky
- tatty
- tawdry
- trashy
- gleam or glow intermittently (verb)
Examples
- The lights were flashing
Synonyms
- blink
- twinkle
- wink
- winkle
- a gaudy outward display (noun)
Synonyms
- fanfare
- ostentation
- display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously (verb)
Synonyms
- flaunt
- ostentate
- show off
- swank
- a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification (noun)
Examples
- red flashes adorned the airplane
- a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to
- a momentary brightness (noun)
- appear briefly (verb)
Examples
- The headlines flashed on the screen
- a sudden brilliant understanding (noun)
Examples
- he had a flash of intuition
- a sudden intense burst of radiant energy (noun)
- emit a brief burst of light (verb)
Examples
- A shooting star flashed and was gone
- expose or show briefly (verb)
Examples
- he flashed a $100 bill
- make known or cause to appear with great speed (verb)
Examples
- The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts
- protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal (verb)
Examples
- flash the roof
See definition of flash in Merriam Webster