LANCET is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LANCET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LANCET?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LANCET is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LANCET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lancetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LANCET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LANCET, 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 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about LANCET
- The same 6 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 LANCET mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A small surgical knife with a sharp point and two cutting edges, used to make incisions or lance boils.
Surgeons once carried a lancet as their basic cutting tool, small enough to fit in a case alongside other instruments, and it remains the traditional word for a simple pointed blade used in minor procedures such as opening an abscess or drawing blood. The same word describes a tall, narrow, pointed arch in Gothic architecture, called a lancet arch because its outline echoes the blade's shape; a window built in that shape is a lancet window. Both meanings share the same slender, pointed form, one in steel and one in stone.
How LANCET is used
Used both as a medical term for a small pointed blade and, in architecture, for a narrow pointed arch or window; the medical sense is the more common one today.
- The nurse handed the surgeon a sterile lancet before the procedure began.
- A row of lancet windows lit the nave of the old church.
- He pressed the lancet gently against the boil to release the pressure.
- The cathedral's lancet arches rise to a sharp point above each doorway.
- Diabetics use a small spring-loaded lancet to prick a finger for a blood sample.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LANCET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LANCET
The 6 tiles of LANCET in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with LANCET
2 longer words begin with LANCET.
Shorter words from the letters in LANCET
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Common questions about LANCET
- Is LANCET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LANCET, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LANCET worth?
- LANCET is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LANCET mean?
- A small surgical knife with a sharp point and two cutting edges, used to make incisions or lance boils.
- What letters can be added to LANCET?
- LANCET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LANCET:
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