LEA is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. LEA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LEA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LEA is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 14 hooks, and its letters make up 8.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LEA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LEA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in LEA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 374.
What does LEA mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
An open area of grassy land.
Lea is poetic in modern English but perfectly ordinary in place names, where it turns up as the ending -ley on hundreds of maps. Those names usually mark a clearing in woodland rather than open ground, which reverses the sense a little.
How LEA is used
Countable: a lea, two leas. Chiefly literary.
- A lea between the wood and the river.
- The word lea appears as -ley in place names.
- Two leas divided by a hedge that predates both farms.
- A lea in a poem is grassland and in a place name a clearing.
- Nobody says lea aloud outside verse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LEA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LEA
The 3 tiles of LEA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LEA
Showing 24 of 276 words that begin with LEA.
Words ending in LEA
Showing 24 of 25 words that end in LEA. Useful as a back hook: play LEA onto a word already on the board.
Words with LEA inside
Showing 24 of 864 words that contain LEA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LEA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LEA
Common questions about LEA
- Is LEA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LEA, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LEA worth?
- LEA is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LEA mean?
- An open area of grassy land.
- What letters can be added to LEA?
- LEA takes 14 hooks: 4 in front and 10 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of LEA:
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