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Lakes

/leɪks/

Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:10 pts5 letters
Definition of Lakes

noun

  1. A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.
  2. A large, landlocked stretch of water.
  3. A large amount of liquid; as, a wine lake.
  4. A pit, or ditch

noun

  1. An offering, sacrifice, gift.
  2. Play; sport; game; fun; glee.

verb

  1. To present an offering.
  2. To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.

noun

  1. A kind of fine, white linen.

noun

  1. In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermillion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant.
  2. In the composition of colors for use in products intended for human consumption, made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors.

    "For example, the name of a lake prepared by extending the aluminum salt prepared from FD&C Blue No. 1 upon the substratum would be FD&C Blue No. 1--Aluminum Lake."

verb

  1. To make lake-red.
Anagrams of Lakes

3 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "lakes":

kalesleaksslake

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "lakes" and rearranging:

+aakelas
+bbleaks
+dslaked
+fflakes
+ialkiesalsike
+nankles
+psplake
+rlakersslaker
+sslakes
+tlatkes
Related Word Patterns
LA...Words starting with "la"...ESWords ending with "es"All 5-letter wordsUnscramble "lakes"
Letter Values
l1
a1
k5
e1
s1

Total: 9 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Lakes
aardwolvesabacusesabalonesabamperesabasesabashesabatesabatisesabattisesabbaciesabbesabbesses
Related 5-Letter Words
laarilabellabialaborlabralacedlacerlaceslaceylacksladedladenladerladesladle

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Lakes"

Lakes is a 5-letter word that scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "lakes" can be rearranged to form 3 other valid words.

Using "Lakes" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "lakes" is a low-scoring word.