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Is lace a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lace is a Scrabble US word. The word lace is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

L1A1C3E1

Is lace a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lace is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

L1A1C3E1

Is lace a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word lace is a Words With Friends word. The word lace is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2A1C4E1

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4-letter words (2 found)

ALEC,LACE,

3-letter words (6 found)

ACE,ALE,CAL,CEL,LAC,LEA,

2-letter words (5 found)

AE,AL,EA,EL,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 14 words from lace according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of lace

lace alce lcae clae acle cale laec alec leac elac aelc ealc lcea clea leca elca cela ecla acel cael aecl eacl ceal ecal

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word lace. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in lace.

Definitions and meaning of lace

lace

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /leɪs/
  • Rhymes: -eɪs

Etymology 1

From Middle English lace, laace, las, from Old French las, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, based on Latin laqueus. Doublet of lasso.

Noun

lace (countable and uncountable, plural laces)

  2. (uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. Wp
    • c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers
      Our English dames are much given to the wearing of very fine and costly laces.
  3. (countable) A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly. Wp
  4. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
  5. (slang, obsolete) Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.
Synonyms
  • (cord):
    • (for a shoe): shoelace
    • (for a garment): tie
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English lacen, lasen, from Old French lacer, lacier, lasser, lachier, from the noun (see above).

Verb

lace (third-person singular simple present laces, present participle lacing, simple past and past participle laced)

  1. (ergative) To fasten (something) with laces.
  2. (transitive) To interweave items.
  3. (transitive) To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
  4. (transitive) To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
  5. (transitive) To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.
  6. (transitive, figuratively) To intersperse or diversify with something.
  7. (transitive) To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).
Derived terms
Translations

Anagrams

  • ALEC, Acle, Alec, Cela, acle, alec, cale

Esperanto

Adverb

lace

  1. wearily

Related terms

  • laca

French

Verb

lace

  1. inflection of lacer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • cale, calé
  • cela

Galician

Verb

lace

  1. inflection of lazar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Latin

Verb

lace

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of laciō

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.t͡sɛ/
  • Rhymes: -at͡sɛ
  • Syllabification: la‧ce

Noun

lace f

  1. dative/locative singular of laka

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English lace (wig).

Pronunciation

Noun

lace f (plural laces)

  1. (Brazil) lace wig

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -asi
  • Hyphenation: la‧ce

Verb

lace

  1. inflection of laçar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Adjective

lace m or f or n (masculine plural laci, feminine and neuter plural lace)

  1. Obsolete form of laș.

Declension

References

  • lace in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Verb

lace

  1. inflection of lazar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org