lates

lates is a 5-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (Lates Niloticus) inhabits the Nile, and another (L. calcarifer) is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are valued as food fishes. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (Lates Niloticus) inhabits the Nile, and another (L. calcarifer) is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are valued as food fishes.
2. noun. a genus of large percoid fishes of fresh and brackish water

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in lates:

astel, least, salet, setal, slate, stael, stale, steal, stela, taels, tales, teals, tesla

Common word forms

lat, late

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