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Is lapse a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lapse is a Scrabble US word. The word lapse is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is lapse a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lapse is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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Yes. The word lapse is a Words With Friends word. The word lapse is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (10 found)

LAPSE,LEAPS,PALES,PEALS,PELAS,PLEAS,SALEP,SEPAL,SPALE,SPEAL,

4-letter words (23 found)

ALES,ALPS,APES,APSE,LAPS,LASE,LEAP,LEAS,LEPS,PALE,PALS,PASE,PEAL,PEAS,PELA,PELS,PLEA,SALE,SALP,SEAL,SLAE,SLAP,SPAE,

3-letter words (23 found)

ALE,ALP,ALS,APE,ASP,EAS,ELS,LAP,LAS,LEA,LEP,LES,PAL,PAS,PEA,PEL,PES,SAE,SAL,SAP,SEA,SEL,SPA,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AL,AS,EA,EL,ES,LA,PA,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 66 words from lapse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of lapse

lapse alpse lpase plase aplse palse laspe alspe lsape slape aslpe salpe lpsae plsae lspae slpae pslae splae apsle pasle asple saple psale spale lapes alpes lpaes plaes aples pales laeps aleps leaps elaps aelps ealps lpeas pleas lepas elpas pelas eplas apels paels aepls eapls peals epals lasep alsep lsaep slaep aslep salep laesp alesp leasp elasp aelsp ealsp lseap sleap lesap elsap selap eslap aselp saelp aeslp easlp sealp esalp lpsea plsea lspea slpea pslea splea lpesa plesa lepsa elpsa pelsa eplsa lsepa slepa lespa elspa selpa eslpa psela spela pesla epsla sepla espla apsel pasel aspel sapel psael spael apesl paesl aepsl eapsl peasl epasl asepl saepl aespl easpl seapl esapl pseal speal pesal epsal sepal espal

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Definitions and meaning of lapse

lapse

Etymology

From Middle French laps, from Latin lāpsus, from lābī (“to slip”). Doublet of lapsus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /læps/
  • Rhymes: -æps
  • Homophone: laps

Noun

lapse (plural lapses)

  1. A temporary failure; a slip.
    Synonyms: blooper, gaffe, thinko; see also Thesaurus:error
    memory lapse
    lapse of judgment
    lapse in security
    lapse in concentration
  2. A decline or fall in standards.
  3. A pause in continuity.
    Synonyms: hiatus, moratorium; see also Thesaurus:pause
  4. An interval of time between events.
    Synonyms: between-time, gap; see also Thesaurus:interim
  5. A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
  6. (meteorology) A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
  7. (law) A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
  8. (theology) A fall or apostasy.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • lapsarian

Translations

Verb

lapse (third-person singular simple present lapses, present participle lapsing, simple past and past participle lapsed)

  1. (intransitive) To fall away gradually; to subside.
  2. (intransitive) To fall into error or heresy.
  3. To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
  4. (intransitive) To become void.
  5. To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.

Anagrams

  • ALSEP, ELSPA, Lapes, Leaps, Pales, Peals, Slape, e-pals, leaps, lepas, pales, peals, pleas, salep, sepal, slape, spale

Danish

Noun

lapse c

  1. indefinite plural of laps

Estonian

Noun

lapse

  1. genitive singular of laps

Latin

Participle

lāpse

  1. vocative masculine singular of lāpsus

Source: wiktionary.org