LAPPET is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LAPPET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAPPET?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAPPET is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAPPET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lappetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAPPET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LAPPET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does LAPPET mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small hanging flap or fold, on a garment, a headdress or the body of an animal.
A lappet is anything that hangs loose and small: a decorative strip of lace on a lady's cap, the fold of a priest's headdress, or the skin hanging at the throat of a turkey. Naturalists also use the word for a kind of moth whose caterpillars carry fleshy flaps along their sides. The word is a diminutive of lap in its older sense of a loose fold or hem.
How LAPPET is used
Used in dress history and in descriptions of birds and moths.
- A lace lappet hung from each side of her cap.
- The turkey shook the red lappet at its throat.
- He wiped his hands on the lappet of his coat.
- The lappet moth hides well among dry leaves.
- One lappet of the bishop's headdress had come loose.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAPPET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LAPPET
The 6 tiles of LAPPET in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LAPPET
2 longer words begin with LAPPET.
Shorter words from the letters in LAPPET
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Common questions about LAPPET
- Is LAPPET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAPPET, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAPPET worth?
- LAPPET is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAPPET mean?
- A small hanging flap or fold, on a garment, a headdress or the body of an animal.
- What letters can be added to LAPPET?
- LAPPET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LAPPET:
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