LANCE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. LANCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LANCE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LANCE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LANCE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LANCE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LANCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about LANCE
- The same 5 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 LANCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long weapon with a wooden shaft and a pointed metal head, traditionally carried by a mounted soldier and used for thrusting or throwing.
A lance was couched under a horseman's arm and aimed forward so that the speed of the charging horse added force to the strike, making it the signature weapon of medieval knights and later cavalry. Whalers and fishermen once used a shorter hand lance to finish off harpooned prey, and metalworkers still call a tube that carries a jet of cutting oxygen a lance. The same word works as a verb, meaning to pierce something with a pointed instrument, including the surgical sense of opening a boil or abscess to drain it.
How LANCE is used
A common historical weapon noun, also used as a verb in surgery and industrial cutting.
- The knight lowered his lance before charging across the field.
- A whaler once used a hand lance to finish off an injured whale.
- The surgeon had to lance the infected wound to drain it.
- Sparks flew as the welder's oxygen lance cut through the steel plate.
- Museum visitors admired a jousting lance decorated with a small flag.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LANCE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LANCE
The 5 tiles of LANCE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with LANCE
20 longer words begin with LANCE.
Words ending in LANCE
Showing 24 of 36 words that end in LANCE. Useful as a back hook: play LANCE onto a word already on the board.
Words with LANCE inside
Showing 24 of 63 words that contain LANCE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LANCE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LANCE
Common questions about LANCE
- Is LANCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LANCE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LANCE worth?
- LANCE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LANCE mean?
- A long weapon with a wooden shaft and a pointed metal head, traditionally carried by a mounted soldier and used for thrusting or throwing.
- What letters can be added to LANCE?
- LANCE takes 6 hooks: 2 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LANCE:
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