LARCENER is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LARCENER 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 LARCENER?
| 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 LARCENER is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LARCENER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
larcenersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LARCENER scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LARCENER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LARCENER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LARCENER mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
A person who takes the property of another without permission and with no plan to return it.
The word belongs to older legal English, where larceny was the formal name for theft. Today a larcener would normally just be called a thief, so the term mostly survives in historical writing and puzzles.
How LARCENER is used
Formal and slightly dated; ordinary speech prefers thief.
- The court described the accused as a common larcener.
- No larcener had ever cracked the old merchant's strongbox.
- A clever larcener, he left no trace behind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LARCENER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LARCENER
1 longer words begin with LARCENER.
Shorter words from the letters in LARCENER
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Common questions about LARCENER
- Is LARCENER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LARCENER, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LARCENER worth?
- LARCENER is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LARCENER mean?
- A person who takes the property of another without permission and with no plan to return it.
- What letters can be added to LARCENER?
- LARCENER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LARCENER:
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