Dictionary Entry

lack

lack is a 4-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, interjection, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 9 senses

Definitions

1noun
Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.
2noun
Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.
3transitive verb
To blame; to find fault with.
4transitive verb
To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.
5intransitive verb
To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.
6intransitive verb
To be in want.
7interjection
Exclamation of regret or surprise.
8noun
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
"there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"
"water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"
Synonyms
deficiency want
9verb
be without
"This soup lacks salt"
"There is something missing in my jewelry box!"
Synonyms
miss

Synonyms

deficiency want miss

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in lack:

calk kcal

Common word forms

lacks lacked lacker lacking

Words from these letters

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