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lazar
/ˈleɪzɚ/ · 5 letters · 4 distinct letters
- noun
a person afflicted with leprosy
Word history
From Middle English lazare, from Old French lazare, from Medieval Latin lazarus (“leper”), an antonomasia from Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of the Biblical figure found in Luke 16, from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (“Eleazar”), a given name shared by various figures in the Hebrew Bible and literally meaning "God has helped".
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Why this word counts
- Where it comes from
- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 70: the largest list we accept, where the rarer words live.
- How common it is
- Used about once in every million words.
- In the spelling bee
- Bonus word It looks like a name or a proper noun, so it stays out of daily answers. It still scores as a bonus word.