LED is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. LED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LED?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LED is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LED
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LED scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in LED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 842.
What stands out about LED
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LED mean in Scrabble?
verb
To lead — the past form.
Led is regularly misspelled because the present tense sounds like the name of the metal, and the metal is spelled the other way. It is one of very few English spelling errors caused entirely by an unrelated word.
How LED is used
Past tense and past participle. Never spelled with an a.
- She led the department for eleven years.
- The word led is often misspelled because of the metal.
- He led them to the wrong entrance twice.
- Nothing led anybody to expect that result.
- The past of the verb is led and has only one spelling.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LED
The 3 tiles of LED in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with LED
17 longer words begin with LED.
Words ending in LED
Showing 24 of 2053 words that end in LED. Useful as a back hook: play LED onto a word already on the board.
Words with LED inside
Showing 24 of 259 words that contain LED somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LED are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LED
Common questions about LED
- Is LED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LED, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LED worth?
- LED is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LED mean?
- To lead — the past form.
- What letters can be added to LED?
- LED takes 6 hooks: 5 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of LED:
Open LED in the Word Finder