lemma

NOUN /lɛmə/
5 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH L

lemma is a valid 5-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
L1E1M3M3A1
1 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 1 =9 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 18TRIPLE WORD → 27
MEANING

What does lemma mean?

NOUN · 3 SENSES
1

The lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae.

BROADER
2

A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.

3

The heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry.