What LACKS Means
LACKS is a form of LACK, which means:
- verb: be without“This soup lacks salt”
- verb: To be insufficiently prepared
- noun: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable“there is a serious lack of insight into the problem”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
LACKS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 A1 C3 K5 S1.
Anagrams of LACKS (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In LACKS
17 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (5)
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing LACKS
LACKS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.