LEANY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. LEANY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 8 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept LEANY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LEANY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LEANY
No single letter turns LEANY into another word.
How LEANY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LEANY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does LEANY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicliterary
Thin or gaunt in body, worn down by hunger or hardship; an archaic form of lean.
Leany described a figure worn thin by hunger, illness, or hardship in older English verse, notably in the poetry of Edmund Spenser. It is simply an older spelling of the still-common word lean.
How LEANY is used
Found only in archaic and literary texts, not modern writing.
- The knight grew leany after months on the road.
- The old poet describes a leany figure wandering the moor.
- Hunger left the traveller leany and pale.
- The old poem pities the leany beggar at the gate.
- Years of want had made the horse leany and slow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LEANY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LEANY
Common questions about LEANY
- Is LEANY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and LEANY is not in it.
- How many points is LEANY worth?
- LEANY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LEANY mean?
- Thin or gaunt in body, worn down by hunger or hardship; an archaic form of lean.
- What letters can be added to LEANY?
- No single letter can be added to LEANY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LEANY:
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