LACTOSE Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What LACTOSE Means

noun: a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk“cow's milk contains about 4.7% lactose”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LACTOSE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 A1 C3 T1 O1 S1 E1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of LACTOSE (4)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

ALECOST LOCATES SCATOLE TALCOSE

Words Made From The Letters In LACTOSE

245 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.

6 letter words (16)

CASTLE CLEATS CLOSET CLOTES COATES COSTAE COSTAL ECLATS LACETS LOCATE OCTALS OSTEAL SCLATE SOLACE SOLATE TELCOS

5 letter words (65)

4 letter words (95)

3 letter words (52)

ACE ACT ALE ALS ALT ATE ATS CAT CEL COL COS COT EAS EAT ECO ELS ELT EST ETA LAC LAS LAT LEA LES LET LOS LOT OAT OCA OES OLE OSE SAC SAE SAL SAT SEA SEC SEL SET SOC SOL SOT TAE TAO TAS TEA TEC TEL TES TOC TOE

2 letter words (17)

AE AL AS AT EA EL ES ET LA LO OE OS SO ST TA TE TO

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