Is LAKES a word?
LAKES is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 3 other words, plus 34 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, LAKES is a valid word.
What does lakes mean?
LAKES is an inflected form of lake.
noun: a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
LAKES: word details
- Pronunciation: LAYKS (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 9 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 10 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so LAKES works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of lakes
Shorter words inside lakes
Words you can make from the letters of lakes.
Solve a whole rack, not just LAKES
LAKES is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does LAKES mean?
LAKES is an inflected form of lake and is a noun. It means: a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
Is LAKES a valid word?
Yes, LAKES is a valid word. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.