LAZAR is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. LAZAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAZAR?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAZAR is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAZAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAZAR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LAZAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does LAZAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
A person afflicted with a repulsive or contagious disease, especially leprosy, historically often reduced to begging.
Lazar takes its name from the beggar Lazarus in the biblical parable, and older English writers used the word for anyone visibly disfigured by leprosy or a similarly feared illness. Such people were commonly shunned and left to beg near roads or town gates, and lazar houses were the hospitals set aside to isolate them. The word now belongs almost entirely to historical and literary writing rather than modern speech.
How LAZAR is used
Archaic and literary; met chiefly in older texts describing disease, poverty and religious charity.
- The lazar sat by the gate, calling out for alms.
- Medieval towns kept a lazar house outside the walls.
- The novel describes a lazar begging along the pilgrim road.
- Villagers feared to touch even the clothing of a lazar.
- The old ballad tells of a rich man who ignored a lazar at his door.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAZAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LAZAR
7 longer words begin with LAZAR.
Words ending in LAZAR
1 words end in LAZAR. Useful as a back hook: play LAZAR onto a word already on the board.
Words with LAZAR inside
1 words contain LAZAR in the middle. Words that start with LAZAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LAZAR
Common questions about LAZAR
- Is LAZAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAZAR, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAZAR worth?
- LAZAR is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAZAR mean?
- A person afflicted with a repulsive or contagious disease, especially leprosy, historically often reduced to begging.
- What letters can be added to LAZAR?
- LAZAR takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LAZAR:
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