LAPSE — 5 letter word
lapse
The word lapse has 5 letters: L, A, P, S, E. It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Lapse has 9 anagrams: leaps, pales, peals, pelas, pleas.... As a noun, it means "a failure to maintain a higher state".
5 letter word "lapse": L A P S E — noun
Scrabble score: 7 Words With Friends score: 9
Letter analysis of lapse
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| L | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| P | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| S | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| E | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
2 vowels, 3 consonants, 5 unique letters
Definition of lapse
noun
- a failure to maintain a higher state Synonyms: backsliding
- a mistake resulting from inattention Synonyms: oversight
- a break or intermission in the occurrence of something "a lapse of three weeks between letters"
verb
- go back to bad behavior Synonyms: relapse, regress, recidivate, retrogress, fall back
- drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards Synonyms: backslide
- end, at least for a long time "The correspondence lapsed"
- pass into a specified state or condition Synonyms: pass, sink
- pass by "three years elapsed" Synonyms: pass, go by, elapse, slip by, glide by
- to let slip "They lapsed their gym membership."
Anagrams of lapse(9)
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