lapse


Meanings

  • a mistake resulting from inattention
  • a break or intermission in the occurrence of something;
    • "a lapse of three weeks between letters"
  • a failure to maintain a higher state
  • pass into a specified state or condition;
  • end, at least for a long time;
    • "The correspondence lapsed"
  • drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
  • go back to bad behavior;
  • let slip;
    • "He lapsed his membership"
  • pass by;
    • "three years elapsed"
  • LAPSE v LAPSED, LAPSING, LAPSES to fall from a previous standard LAPSABLE, LAPSIBLE adj


Scrabble Score: 7

lapse is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

lapse is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

lapse is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 9

lapse is a valid Words With Friends word