flyblow

Plural: flyblows

Noun

An egg laid by a fly in animal flesh; a maggot hatched from such an egg.

Verb

Verb Forms: flyblew, flyblown, flyblowing, flyblows

To taint or spoil by laying eggs, as a fly does.
To deposit eggs upon, as a blowfly does on flesh; to cause to be maggoty.
To taint or contaminate.

Examples

A single misplaced word can FLYBLOW an otherwise perfect Words With Friends strategy.

Origin / Etymology

From fly + blow.

Scrabble Score: 18

flyblow: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
flyblow: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
flyblow: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

flyblow: valid Words With Friends Word