LASE is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. LASE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LASE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LASE is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LASE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LASE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LASE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What stands out about LASE
- The same 4 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 LASE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technicalmedical
To emit or produce the coherent light of a laser, or to treat something with a laser beam.
A doctor may lase a patch of skin to fade scarring, and a crystal is said to lase when it is pumped with light until it emits a laser beam of its own. The word is a modern back-formation from laser, built the way scientists often turn an acronym into an ordinary working verb.
How LASE is used
Technical; found in physics and in descriptions of laser eye or skin treatment, rarely in everyday speech.
- The ruby crystal will lase only after it absorbs enough light from the flash lamp.
- Surgeons can lase away a scar with a series of short pulses.
- Engineers tested how long the new diode could lase before it overheated.
- The gas inside the tube begins to lase once the current reaches a certain level.
- A dermatologist may lase the skin to fade old sun damage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LASE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LASE
The 4 tiles of LASE in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with LASE
12 longer words begin with LASE.
Words ending in LASE
21 words end in LASE. Useful as a back hook: play LASE onto a word already on the board.
Words with LASE inside
Showing 24 of 39 words that contain LASE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LASE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LASE
Common questions about LASE
- Is LASE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LASE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LASE worth?
- LASE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LASE mean?
- To emit or produce the coherent light of a laser, or to treat something with a laser beam.
- What letters can be added to LASE?
- LASE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LASE:
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