LAXER is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. LAXER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAXER?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAXER is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAXER
No single letter turns LAXER into another word.
How LAXER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LAXER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does LAXER mean in Scrabble?
adjective
More slack, or less strict.
Lax runs in two directions at once: a rope can be lax and so can a rule, and the comparative laxer nearly always takes the second of them. Anybody writing about enforcement reaches for it — laxer checks, laxer standards — while the bodily sense has quietly dropped out of general use.
How LAXER is used
Comparative of lax: lax, laxer, laxest. Used of rules far more often than of things.
- The rules were laxer then and everybody knew it.
- Laxer checks at the gate mean more work later.
- The second inspector was laxer than the first.
- Nothing got laxer by accident.
- A laxer standard is not the same as no standard.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAXER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LAXER
The 5 tiles of LAXER in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in LAXER
1 words end in LAXER. Useful as a back hook: play LAXER onto a word already on the board.
Words with LAXER inside
1 words contain LAXER in the middle. Words that start with LAXER are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LAXER
Common questions about LAXER
- Is LAXER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAXER, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAXER worth?
- LAXER is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAXER mean?
- More slack, or less strict.
- What letters can be added to LAXER?
- No single letter can be added to LAXER to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LAXER:
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