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Is lavish a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lavish is a Scrabble US word. The word lavish is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

L1A1V4I1S1H4

Is lavish a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lavish is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

L1A1V4I1S1H4

Is lavish a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word lavish is a Words With Friends word. The word lavish is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2A1V5I1S1H3

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6-letter words (1 found)

LAVISH,

5-letter words (6 found)

HAILS,SHIVA,SILVA,VAILS,VALIS,VIALS,

4-letter words (16 found)

AHIS,AILS,HAIL,HILA,LAHS,LASH,LAVS,LIAS,SAIL,SHIV,SIAL,VAIL,VALI,VIAL,VIAS,VISA,

3-letter words (20 found)

AHI,AHS,AIL,AIS,ALS,ASH,HAS,HIS,ISH,LAH,LAS,LAV,LIS,SAI,SAL,SAV,SHA,VAS,VIA,VIS,

2-letter words (11 found)

AH,AI,AL,AS,HA,HI,IS,LA,LI,SH,SI,

You can make 54 words from lavish according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lavish

lavish

Alternative forms

  • lavis, laves, lavas (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English laves, lavas, lavage (“extravagant, wasteful, prodigal”), from lavas (“excessive abundance”), from Old French lavasse, lavache (“torrent of rain”); possibly later conflated in some senses by Middle English laven (“to pour out”), equivalent to lave +‎ -ish. Compare Scots lawage, lavisch, lavish (“unrestrained, excessively prodigal, extravagant”). Compare also English lavy (“lavish, liberal”), Dutch lafenis (“lavishness”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlævɪʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ævɪʃ

Adjective

lavish (comparative lavisher or more lavish, superlative lavishest or most lavish)

  1. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
  2. Superabundant; excessive.
  3. (obsolete) Unrestrained, impetuous.
  4. (chiefly dialectal) Rank or lush with vegetation.

Synonyms

  • (expending profusely): profuse, prodigal, wasteful, extravagant, exuberant, immoderate, opulent
  • See also Thesaurus:prodigal

Related terms

  • lavy

Translations

Verb

lavish (third-person singular simple present lavishes, present participle lavishing, simple past and past participle lavished)

  1. (transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.
  2. (transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.

Derived terms

  • lavisher
  • lavishly
  • lavishment
  • lavishness

Translations

Noun

lavish (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion, prodigality.

Anagrams

  • Vishal

Source: wiktionary.org