LAUNCE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LAUNCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAUNCE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAUNCE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAUNCE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAUNCE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LAUNCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What stands out about LAUNCE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 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 LAUNCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
regionalzoology
A small, slender marine fish that lives in shallow coastal waters and burrows into sandy beaches, commonly known today as a sand eel.
The launce is a thin, silvery fish found along northern coastlines, where it swims in large schools and dives straight into wet sand to hide from predators and the tide. Fishermen and shorebirds alike prize it as bait and food, and the name survives mainly in older or regional writing rather than everyday speech, where sand eel is now more common. The same spelling once served as an old form of lance, the weapon, in poetry, but that sense has fallen out of use.
How LAUNCE is used
Chiefly regional and somewhat old-fashioned; sand eel is the more usual modern name for the same fish.
- The tide left dozens of launce buried just beneath the wet sand.
- Gulls dove again and again for launce along the shoreline.
- Anglers dig for launce to use as fresh bait.
- A shoal of launce flashed silver just under the surface.
- The old naturalist's notebook described the launce's habit of burrowing tail-first.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAUNCE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LAUNCE
The 6 tiles of LAUNCE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with LAUNCE
4 longer words begin with LAUNCE.
Shorter words from the letters in LAUNCE
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Common questions about LAUNCE
- Is LAUNCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAUNCE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAUNCE worth?
- LAUNCE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAUNCE mean?
- A small, slender marine fish that lives in shallow coastal waters and burrows into sandy beaches, commonly known today as a sand eel.
- What letters can be added to LAUNCE?
- LAUNCE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LAUNCE:
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