Unscramble lakes

45 words come out when you unscramble LAKES, starting with LAKES itself: 9 in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of LAKES are on the page: KALES, LEAKS and SLAKE, each 9 points. Among the shorter answers, 9 reach 8 points, LAKE, SAKE and LEAK among them. It has 5 letters, 2 vowels and 3 consonants.

Looking for kseal, sleak, eksla, selka, salek, leksa, sklea, elask, sekal or eklsa? They use the same letters as LAKES, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.

Possible Words From lakes

Counting the words from LAKES by length: 4 with 5 letters, 15 with 4, 18 with 3 and 8 with 2.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with lakes

4 5-letter words in LAKES use every letter: LAKES and its 3 anagrams SLAKE, LEAKS and KALES, all with 9 points.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with lakes

9 of 15 4-letter words made with LAKES letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. SALE, LAKE and SEAL will look familiar.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with lakes

Of the 18 3-letter words from LAKES, 8 score 7 points, the group's best. ASK, SEA and ELK are the ones most people know.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with lakes

The best of the 2-letter words you get when you unscramble LAKES is KA, 6 points; AE and AL on 2 follow. AS is an everyday pick.

Neighbor Words of LAKES

Trade one tile of LAKES for another and you can spell these 6 words:

L N gives SNAKE · unscramble snake
K E gives LEASE · unscramble lease
K C gives SCALE · words from scale
K B gives SABLE · words from sable
A Y gives KYLES · unscramble kyles
E A gives LAKSA · words from laksa

More 5-letter words: starting with LA · ending in ES · all 5-letter words

Meanings of the Strongest LAKES Answers

What LAKES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.

Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends

LAKES 9 · 10: a sizable inland body of water
KALES 9 · 10: a variety of cabbage
LEAKS 9 · 10: to permit the escape of something through a breach or flaw
SLAKE 9 · 10: to quench
ELKS 8 · 9: a large deer
KAES 8 · 8: a bird resembling a crow
KALE 8 · 9: a variety of cabbage
KEAS 8 · 8: a bird of species Nestor notabilis*

LAKES in Scrabble and Words With Friends: Can You Play It?

LAKES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.

Game	Scrabble US	Scrabble UK	Words With Friends*
LAKES itself	Yes	Yes	Yes
Answers accepted (of 45)	40	45	40

* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.

Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AKES, AKE, SLAE, EAS and EA, 5 in all.

Longer Words Built on LAKES

With one more tile, the letters of LAKES spell the words below.

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