LUCE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. LUCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LUCE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LUCE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LUCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lucesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LUCE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LUCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does LUCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicheraldry
An old name for the pike, a large freshwater fish, especially a fully grown one.
Luce was the everyday English word for the pike before pike itself became standard. It survived longest in heraldry, where three silver luces on a shield were a well-known device for families whose name recalled the fish.
How LUCE is used
Archaic outside heraldry; met mainly in older texts, coats of arms and their descriptions.
- The old coat of arms showed three silver luces on a blue field.
- The cook served a fat luce caught fresh from the millpond.
- The chronicle describes a luce so large it took two men to lift it.
- Heralds still blazon the fish on that shield as a luce rather than a pike.
- Anglers of the period called any large pike a luce.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LUCE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LUCE
The 4 tiles of LUCE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LUCE
11 longer words begin with LUCE.
Words with LUCE inside
Showing 24 of 25 words that contain LUCE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LUCE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LUCE
Common questions about LUCE
- Is LUCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LUCE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LUCE worth?
- LUCE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LUCE mean?
- An old name for the pike, a large freshwater fish, especially a fully grown one.
- What letters can be added to LUCE?
- LUCE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LUCE:
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