Lama

4 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

A Buddhist monk or spiritual leader in Tibetan or Mongolian Lamaism.

“The lama welcomed the pilgrims to the monastery and offered them butter tea and his blessing.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

la·ma

Related Words

Synonyms

monk priest abbot

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

LAMA has a repeated A and common letters L and M, checking both A positions makes this a handy Wordle guess

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Scrabble

All common low-value tiles, LAMA hooks to LLAMA by prefixing L and extends to LAMAS with an S

Words Related to Lama

Anagrams of Lama

Words that use exactly the same letters as “lama”.

alma amal amla

Words one letter different

Change a single letter of “lama” to make these 4-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

dama fama kama lamb lamp

Add a letter to make a longer word

5-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “lama”.

alamo alarm alima almah alman almas aloma amala amalg amula camla halma hamal ilama kalam lamas lamba lamda lamia lamna llama mahal malam malar

Longer words starting with Lama

Words that begin with “lama”.

lamas

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