Yes, flies is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Travel through the air; be airborne

2. Move quickly or suddenly

3. Operate an airplane

4. Transport by aeroplane

5. Cause to fly or float

6. Be dispersed or disseminated

7. Change quickly from one emotional state to another

8. Pass away rapidly

9. Travel in an airplane

10. Display in the air or cause to float

11. Run away quickly

12. Travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft

13. Hit a fly

14. Decrease rapidly and disappear

Noun

1. (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)

2. Two-winged insects characterized by active flight

3. Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent

4. An opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth

5. (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air

6. Fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect