lot
lot is a 3-letter English word with 17 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate. Face value is 3 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
- noun. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots.
- noun. The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
- noun. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively; as, a lot of stationery; -- colloquially, sometimes of people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot.
- noun. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city.
- noun. A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a lot of money; lots of people think so.
- noun. A prize in a lottery.
- transitive verb. To allot; to sort; to portion.
- noun. anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
"the luck of the draw"
"they drew lots for it"
- noun. any collection in its entirety
"she bought the whole caboodle"
- noun. an unofficial association of people or groups
"the smart set goes there"
"they were an angry lot"
- noun. a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
"he bought a lot on the lake"
- noun. (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction
- noun. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
"a batch of letters"
"a deal of trouble"
- noun. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
"whatever my fortune may be"
"deserved a better fate"
- verb. administer or bestow, as in small portions
"administer critical remarks to everyone present"
"dole out some money"
- verb. divide into lots, as of land, for example
Synonyms
draw, bunch, caboodle, band, circle, set, batch, deal, flock, hatful, heap, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, raft, sight
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in lot:
Common word forms
lots, lotted, lotter, lotment, lotting
Words from these letters
If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for LOT lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.