LAP

What LAP Means

1. noun: the upper side of the thighs of a seated person“he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap”
2. noun: an area of control or responsibility“the job fell right in my lap”
3. verb: lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
4. verb: pass the tongue over“the dog licked her hand”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LAP is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 A1 P3.

Anagrams of LAP (2)

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

Words Made From The Letters In LAP

3 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.

2 letter words (3)

Longer Words Containing LAP

LAP appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all, and the two and three letter lists. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.