lancet

lancet is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.
2. noun. An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
3. noun. a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions

   Synonyms: lance

4. noun. an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance

Synonyms

lance

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in lancet:

cantel, cantle, cental, tancel

Common word forms

lancets, lanceted

Words from these letters

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