LAICISE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. LAICISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAICISE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAICISE is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAICISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAICISE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in LAICISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 128,662.
What does LAICISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To free from church control, or to return a cleric to the status of a lay person.
Governments laicise schools and courts by taking them out of religious hands. A church can also laicise a priest who leaves the ministry, removing his clerical rights.
How LAICISE is used
Laicise is a formal word used in politics and church history, and it is the British spelling of laicize.
- The new regime sought to laicise the education system.
- The bishop had to laicise the priest after his request.
- Reformers wanted to laicise public life across the country.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAICISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LAICISE
2 longer words begin with LAICISE.
Shorter words from the letters in LAICISE
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Common questions about LAICISE
- Is LAICISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAICISE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAICISE worth?
- LAICISE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAICISE mean?
- To free from church control, or to return a cleric to the status of a lay person.
- What letters can be added to LAICISE?
- LAICISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of LAICISE:
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