What LAMENTS Means
LAMENTS is a form of LAMENT, which means:
- noun: a cry of sorrow and grief“their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward”
- noun: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
- verb: express grief verbally“we lamented the death of the child”
- verb: regret strongly“I deplore this hostile action”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
LAMENTS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 A1 M3 E1 N1 T1 S1.
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 LAMENTS (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In LAMENTS
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 (13)
5 letter words (59)
4 letter words (95)
3 letter words (58)
2 letter words (20)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.