LITE is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. LITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LITE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LITE is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LITE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LITE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,513.
What stands out about LITE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 LITE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Informally denoting a version of food, drink or a product that has been made lower in calories, fat, alcohol or complexity than the standard version.
Lite is a deliberately simplified spelling of light used by advertisers on packaging, as in lite beer or lite mayonnaise. By extension it can describe any simplified or less demanding version of something, such as a lite edition of software.
How LITE is used
Informal; chiefly found on food and drink packaging and in casual descriptions of simplified products.
- The store shelf was stocked with lite beer next to the regular kind.
- She switched to a lite mayonnaise to cut down on fat.
- The software company released a lite version of the app for free.
- He ordered the lite dressing on his salad.
- The label proudly announced that the yoghurt was lite and low in sugar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LITE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LITE
The 4 tiles of LITE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with LITE
Showing 24 of 62 words that begin with LITE.
Words ending in LITE
Showing 24 of 171 words that end in LITE. Useful as a back hook: play LITE onto a word already on the board.
Words with LITE inside
Showing 24 of 286 words that contain LITE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LITE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LITE
Common questions about LITE
- Is LITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LITE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LITE worth?
- LITE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LITE mean?
- Informally denoting a version of food, drink or a product that has been made lower in calories, fat, alcohol or complexity than the standard version.
- What letters can be added to LITE?
- LITE takes 6 hooks: 3 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LITE:
Open LITE in the Word Finder