LAPIS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. LAPIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAPIS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAPIS is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAPIS
No single letter turns LAPIS into another word.
How LAPIS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LAPIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about LAPIS
- The same 5 tiles also spell 5 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 LAPIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A deep blue semi-precious stone, short for lapis lazuli, prized since ancient times for jewelry and pigment.
The name lapis comes from the Latin word for stone, shortened over time from the fuller phrase lapis lazuli that names the mineral itself. Long before synthetic pigments existed, artists ground lapis into a brilliant blue powder called ultramarine, which Renaissance painters used for the most expensive parts of a painting, such as the robes of holy figures. The stone has been mined in the same mountainous region of Afghanistan for thousands of years and continues to be prized in modern jewelry.
How LAPIS is used
Common in jewelry and art contexts as a shortened form of lapis lazuli.
- The necklace was set with a single polished lapis stone.
- Renaissance painters ground lapis into a brilliant blue pigment.
- Miners have extracted lapis from the same mountains for centuries.
- She wore lapis earrings that matched her blue dress.
- The museum case displayed carved lapis beads from an ancient tomb.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAPIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LAPIS
The 5 tiles of LAPIS in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with LAPIS
1 longer words begin with LAPIS.
Shorter words from the letters in LAPIS
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Common questions about LAPIS
- Is LAPIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAPIS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAPIS worth?
- LAPIS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAPIS mean?
- A deep blue semi-precious stone, short for lapis lazuli, prized since ancient times for jewelry and pigment.
- What letters can be added to LAPIS?
- No single letter can be added to LAPIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LAPIS:
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