LAZE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. LAZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAZE?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAZE is to know. It scores 13 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAZE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAZE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LAZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does LAZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To spend time relaxing and doing nothing.
Laze is a back-formation from an adjective: somebody made the verb by removing an ending that had never been added in the first place. English does this constantly and then pretends it did not.
How LAZE is used
Lazed, lazes. Often laze about or around.
- They lazed by the river and caught nothing.
- The word laze was made backwards from an adjective.
- A whole afternoon to laze in and no plans at all.
- She lazed through August and worked in September.
- Back-formations like laze are common in English.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAZE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LAZE
The 4 tiles of LAZE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LAZE
2 longer words begin with LAZE.
Words ending in LAZE
10 words end in LAZE. Useful as a back hook: play LAZE onto a word already on the board.
Words with LAZE inside
Showing 24 of 31 words that contain LAZE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LAZE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LAZE
Common questions about LAZE
- Is LAZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAZE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAZE worth?
- LAZE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAZE mean?
- To spend time relaxing and doing nothing.
- What letters can be added to LAZE?
- LAZE takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LAZE:
Open LAZE in the Word Finder