LAZY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. LAZY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAZY?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAZY is to know. It scores 16 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAZY
Front hooks — 1
glazyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LAZY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LAZY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What stands out about LAZY
- LAZY scores 16 points, more than twice the average for a 4-letter word (7.7).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LAZY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Unwilling to work or to use energy.
Lazy first appears in the sixteenth century and its origin is unknown, which is unusual for a word this ordinary. The rotating tray named after it is eighteenth-century and American, and the name is a small joke about servants.
How LAZY is used
Before and after the noun.
- A lazy afternoon is a compliment and a lazy worker is not.
- The word lazy has an unknown origin.
- The lazy Susan is named after this word.
- Two lazy days in a row and the week is gone.
- A lazy river moves and does not appear to.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAZY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LAZY
3 longer words begin with LAZY.
Words ending in LAZY
1 words end in LAZY. Useful as a back hook: play LAZY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in LAZY
Common questions about LAZY
- Is LAZY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAZY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAZY worth?
- LAZY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAZY mean?
- Unwilling to work or to use energy.
- What letters can be added to LAZY?
- LAZY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LAZY:
Open LAZY in the Word Finder