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Is launce a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word launce is a Scrabble US word. The word launce is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is launce a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word launce is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Is launce a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word launce is a Words With Friends word. The word launce is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (4 found)

CUNEAL,LACUNE,LAUNCE,UNLACE,

5-letter words (5 found)

ANCLE,CLEAN,LANCE,ULNAE,UNCLE,

4-letter words (19 found)

ACNE,ALEC,ANCE,AUNE,CANE,CAUL,CLAN,CLUE,ELAN,LACE,LANE,LEAN,LUCE,LUNA,LUNE,NEAL,ULAN,ULNA,UNCE,

3-letter words (18 found)

ACE,ALE,ALU,ANE,AUE,CAL,CAN,CEL,CUE,EAN,EAU,ECU,LAC,LEA,LEU,LUN,NAE,ULE,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AL,AN,EA,EL,EN,LA,NA,NE,NU,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 58 words from launce according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of launce

launce

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑːns/, /lɔːns/
    • Rhymes: -ɑːns, -ɔːns

Etymology 1

See lance.

Noun

launce (plural launces)

  1. Obsolete form of lance.
  2. sand eel, sand lance, fish of the family Ammodytidae
Translations

Verb

launce (third-person singular simple present launces, present participle launcing, simple past and past participle launced)

  1. Obsolete form of lance.

Etymology 2

From Italian lance, Latin lanx, lancis (“plate, scale of a balance”); compare balance.

Noun

launce (plural launces)

  1. (obsolete) A balance.

Anagrams

  • Lucena, auncel, auncle, cuneal, lacune, unlace

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French lance, from Latin lancea.

Alternative forms

  • lance, launs, launse, lawnce, lawnse

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlau̯ns(ə)/, /ˈlans(ə)/

Noun

launce (plural launces)

  1. A lance (long spear).
  2. A javelin (throwing spear).
  3. (rare) A lancer; someone armed with a lance.
  4. (figurative, rare) That which is long and pointed.
Related terms
  • launceǒur
  • launcele
  • launcen
  • launcet
  • launcegay
Descendants
  • English: lance, launce
  • Scots: lance
References
  • “launce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

launce

  1. Alternative form of launcen (“to push forwards”)

Source: wiktionary.org