What LAPS Means
LAPS is a form of LAP, which means:
- noun: the upper side of the thighs of a seated person“he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap”
- noun: an area of control or responsibility“the job fell right in my lap”
- verb: lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
- verb: pass the tongue over“the dog licked her hand”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
LAPS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 A1 P3 S1.
Anagrams of LAPS (4)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In LAPS
14 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.
3 letter words (10)
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing LAPS
LAPS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
AFTERCLAPSALAPSBACKSLAPSBURLAPSCATFLAPSCLAPSCOLLAPSARCOLLAPSARSCOLLAPSECOLLAPSEDCOLLAPSESCOLLAPSINGCOWFLAPSDELAPSEDELAPSEDDELAPSESDELAPSINGDELAPSIONDELAPSIONSDEWLAPSDRONKLAPSEARFLAPSEARLAPSELAPSEELAPSEDELAPSESELAPSINGFLAPSHANDCLAPSILLAPSEILLAPSEDILLAPSESILLAPSINGINTERLAPSJALAPSKLAPSLAPSABLELAPSANGLAPSANGSLAPSE
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