LEDE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. LEDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LEDE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LEDE is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LEDE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LEDE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LEDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,713.
What stands out about LEDE
- The same 4 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 LEDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The opening sentence or paragraph of a news story, summarising its most important point.
Journalists spell lede this way to keep it separate from lead, the strip of metal once used in typesetting, even though both words are pronounced the same. A well-written lede answers the main who, what and why of a story in its first few words.
How LEDE is used
A specialised term used within journalism and publishing rather than in everyday speech.
- The editor rewrote the lede to hook readers in the first sentence.
- A strong lede answers who, what and why within a few words.
- The reporter buried the most important fact well below the lede.
- Students practiced writing a clear lede for their first news assignment.
- The lede of the article summarized the entire scandal in two lines.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LEDE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LEDE
The 4 tiles of LEDE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with LEDE
2 longer words begin with LEDE.
Words ending in LEDE
1 words end in LEDE. Useful as a back hook: play LEDE onto a word already on the board.
Words with LEDE inside
20 words contain LEDE in the middle. Words that start with LEDE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LEDE
Common questions about LEDE
- Is LEDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LEDE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LEDE worth?
- LEDE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LEDE mean?
- The opening sentence or paragraph of a news story, summarising its most important point.
- What letters can be added to LEDE?
- LEDE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LEDE:
Open LEDE in the Word Finder