LULZ is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. LULZ is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 13 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept LULZ?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LULZ is to know. It scores 13 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LULZ
No single letter turns LULZ into another word.
How LULZ scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LULZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 163,384.
What does LULZ mean in Scrabble?
noun
slang
Amusement gained at somebody else's expense.
Lulz differs from its near neighbour by carrying malice: the fun costs somebody something. It came out of internet forums in the mid 2000s and dates a piece of writing as precisely as a photograph would.
How LULZ is used
Plural in form. Chiefly written.
- Doing it for the lulz means somebody paid for the joke.
- The word lulz carries malice and its neighbour does not.
- Lulz came out of forums in the mid 2000s.
- A lulz is at a cost to somebody.
- The spelling of lulz is the whole point of it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LULZ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LULZ
Common questions about LULZ
- Is LULZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LULZ, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LULZ worth?
- LULZ is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LULZ mean?
- Amusement gained at somebody else's expense.
- What letters can be added to LULZ?
- No single letter can be added to LULZ to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LULZ:
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