What LANCES Means
LANCES is a form of LANCE, which means:
- noun: a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- noun: an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- verb: move quickly, as if by cutting one's way“Planes lanced towards the shore”
- verb: pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
LANCES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 A1 N1 C3 E1 S1.
Anagrams of LANCES (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In LANCES
83 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.
5 letter words (16)
4 letter words (31)
ACESACNEAESCALECALESANCEANESCANECANSCASECEASCELSCENSCLANEANSELANLACELACSLANELASELEANLEASLENSNEALSALESANESCANSEALSEANSENASLAE
3 letter words (25)
2 letter words (11)
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