LAKE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LAKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAKE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAKE is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAKE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAKE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LAKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about LAKE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LAKE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large body of water surrounded by land.
Lake came from Latin through French and displaced the native English word, which survives in place names across the north. A separate lake is a red pigment and comes from an Indian word.
How LAKE is used
Countable: a lake, two lakes.
- A lake that freezes solid in a hard winter.
- The word lake came from Latin through French.
- The native English word survives in place names, not in lake.
- A separate lake is a red pigment.
- Two lakes joined by a short river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LAKE
The 4 tiles of LAKE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with LAKE
Showing 24 of 26 words that begin with LAKE.
Words ending in LAKE
7 words end in LAKE. Useful as a back hook: play LAKE onto a word already on the board.
Words with LAKE inside
20 words contain LAKE in the middle. Words that start with LAKE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LAKE
Common questions about LAKE
- Is LAKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAKE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAKE worth?
- LAKE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAKE mean?
- A large body of water surrounded by land.
- What letters can be added to LAKE?
- LAKE takes 5 hooks: 2 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LAKE:
Open LAKE in the Word Finder