LAMED is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LAMED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAMED?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAMED is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAMED
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAMED scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LAMED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does LAMED mean in Scrabble?
noun
The twelfth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Lamed is the tallest of them, the only one that rises above the line of writing, and scribes treat that height as its signature. The name comes from a word for an ox goad, which is roughly what the early shape drew, and the Greek lambda and the Latin L both descend from it.
How LAMED is used
Countable: a lamed, two lameds. Also written lamedh.
- The lamed rises above every other letter on the line.
- A scribe is judged partly on his lamed.
- The name lamed comes from a word for a goad.
- Two lameds stand side by side in the word.
- The Greek lambda took its shape from the lamed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAMED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LAMED
The 5 tiles of LAMED in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LAMED
3 longer words begin with LAMED.
Words ending in LAMED
8 words end in LAMED. Useful as a back hook: play LAMED onto a word already on the board.
Words with LAMED inside
2 words contain LAMED in the middle. Words that start with LAMED are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LAMED
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Common questions about LAMED
- Is LAMED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAMED, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAMED worth?
- LAMED is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAMED mean?
- The twelfth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- What letters can be added to LAMED?
- LAMED takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LAMED:
Open LAMED in the Word Finder