Definitions for shooflies

shooflies shoo·fly

Spelling: [shoo-flahy]
IPA: /ˈʃuˌflaɪ/

Shooflies is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 239 anagrams from letters in shooflies (efhilooss).

Definitions for shooflies

noun

  1. a child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals.

Origin of shooflies

An Americanism dating back to 1860-65; shoo + fly2

Examples for shooflies

At seven o'clock that evening the Flournoy automobile conveyed the happy pair to the shoofly Church.

"I want you to perform a wedding ceremony at the shoofly Church to-night at seven o'clock," the sheriff announced.

shoofly is a girl, but Mis' Poteet didn't fool us this time.

Then Mis' Poteet she cried the top of shoofly's head so soaking wet it give her a sneeze, and we all had to laugh.

Word Value for shooflies
Scrable

16

Words with friends

15

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