Unscramble LAWKS and you have 27 words, LAWKS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. LAWKS has 1 anagram here, WALKS, scoring 12 like LAWKS itself. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 11 points, WALK, AWKS and KAWS among them. The 5 letters split into 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
L12A1W4K5S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from LAWKS split into 2 with 5 letters, 8 with 4, 12 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Trade one tile of LAWKS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 5-letter words: starting with LA · ending in KS · all 5-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with WALKS (12 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
LAWKS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWKS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 27) | 20 | 27 | 20 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
7 of the 27 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LAWKS, AWKS, KAWS, LAWK, SKAW, AWK and KAW.
Each word below uses all the letters of LAWKS and one more.