Launce

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:12 pts6 letters

Definition of Launce

noun

A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.

verb

To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
"Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. Dryden."
To open with a lancet; to pierce
"to lance a vein or an abscess"
To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.

noun

Sand eel, sand lance, fish of the family Ammodytidae

Anagrams of Launce

Exact Anagrams

3 words using all 6 letters:

cuneal lacune unlace

Words You Can Make

34 words can be made from the letters in "launce":

6-LETTER WORDS

cuneal lacune unlace

5-LETTER WORDS

clean lance ulnae uncle

4-LETTER WORDS

acne alec cane caul clan clue elan lace lane lean luce luna lune ulan ulna

3-LETTER WORDS

ace ale ane can cel cue eau ecu lac lea leu nae

+1 Letter Anagrams

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

+acanulae lacunae

+rlucarne nuclear unclear

+scensual lacunes launces unlaces

Related Word Patterns

LA...Words starting with "la"...CEWords ending with "ce"All 6-letter words Unscramble "launce"

Rhyming Words

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