LAM is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. LAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAM?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAM is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in LAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does LAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
slang
Flight from the police — chiefly in on the lam.
On the lam is American criminal slang from around 1900, and the verb meaning to beat somebody is a separate and much older word. Dictionaries keep the two apart, though the sound of them together has probably kept both alive.
How LAM is used
Chiefly in the phrase on the lam. Also a verb.
- He was on the lam for eleven months.
- The word lam for fleeing is American and about 1900.
- Two brothers on the lam in the same county.
- To lam somebody is an older and different word.
- A lam that lasts a year is not a plan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LAM
The 3 tiles of LAM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LAM
Showing 24 of 253 words that begin with LAM.
Words ending in LAM
17 words end in LAM. Useful as a back hook: play LAM onto a word already on the board.
Words with LAM inside
Showing 24 of 649 words that contain LAM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LAM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LAM
Common questions about LAM
- Is LAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAM, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAM worth?
- LAM is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAM mean?
- Flight from the police — chiefly in on the lam.
- What letters can be added to LAM?
- LAM takes 10 hooks: 5 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of LAM:
Open LAM in the Word Finder