Definitions for lanais

lanais la·na·i

Spelling: [lah-nah-ee, luh-nahy]
IPA: /lɑˈnɑ i, ləˈnaɪ/

Lanais is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 113 anagrams from letters in lanais (aailns).

Definitions for lanais

noun

  1. a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
  2. an island in central Hawaii: pineapple plantations. 141 sq. mi. (365 sq. km).

Origin of lanais

First recorded in 1865-70, lanai is from the Hawaiian word lānai roofed structure with open sides, porch

Examples for lanais

Kahoolawe, lanai, and Niihau are much the smallest of the group.

A passage of about the same width divides it on the south from lanai.

I had listened to tales of lanai and bund, but even in such company our skipper stood out as uniquely wicked.

Whether she liked it or not, Rue reached her professional apotheosis on the lanai.

lanai (la-ni)--a shed or veranda; an open part of a house covered only by a roof.

He was sitting under the algaroba trees between the lanai and the beach.

An altar was to be erected at one end of the lanai and appropriately decorated.

She took her computer out onto her lanai and looked out over the lake.

And now for a word to the uninitiated concerning the lanai in question.

Mrs. Marsden hesitated one moment, then stepped across the lanai, peered into the parlor and entered.

Word Value for lanais
Scrable

5

Words with friends

7

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