What LATERAL Means
- adjective: situated at or extending to the side“the lateral branches of a tree”
- adjective: lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body“lateral lemniscus”
- noun: a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
LATERAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 A1 T1 E1 R1 A1 L1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 57 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In LATERAL
81 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 (3)
5 letter words (14)
4 letter words (27)
ALAEALARAREAARETARLEEARLLAERLARELATELEALLEARLEATRALERATARATEREALTAALTAELTALATALETALLTARATARETEALTEARTELATELL
3 letter words (24)
2 letter words (13)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.