a lamp socket including a lamp receptacle to receive a baseless lamp having wires , said socket including a base projecting annularly radially outward from said receptacle and having wire passageways from said receptacle as well as wire receiving grooves projecting inwardly from a bottom surface of said base and communicating therewith . the base includes a top surface of a common plane and the arrangements of said grooves in orthogonal pairs is such as to increase the area of said base therebetween . said receptacle is fitted with wire divider means to facilitate the threading of said wires through said wire passageways .