lope

Plural: lopes

Noun

a slow pace of running
a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
An easy pace with long strides.

Verb

Verb Forms: loped, loping, lopes

To run with a long, easy, bounding stride.
run easily
To travel an easy pace with long strides.
To jump, leap.

Examples

He loped along, hour after hour, not fast but steady and covering much ground.
His score continued to LOPE ahead as he consistently found bonus squares.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English lopen, from Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, jump”). See leap. Cognate with German laufen (“walk, run”), Danish løbe (“run”), Dutch lopen (“walk, run”), Norwegian løpe (“run”). Doublet of leap.

Synonyms

canter, jog, trot

Scrabble Score: 6

lope: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
lope: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lope: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

lope: valid Words With Friends Word