LEECH is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LEECH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LEECH?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LEECH is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LEECH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LEECH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LEECH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 71,295.
What does LEECH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A blood-sucking worm that lives in water or damp ground and attaches itself to the skin of a person or animal to feed.
A leech uses small suckers at each end of its body to grip skin and draw blood, releasing a natural anticoagulant that keeps the wound bleeding long after it detaches. Physicians once used leeches routinely for bloodletting, a practice largely abandoned by modern medicine, though leeches still see limited surgical use today for restoring blood flow after certain operations. The word also works figuratively and as a verb, so a person who persistently drains money or attention from someone else is called a leech, or is said to leech off them.
How LEECH is used
Used literally for the bloodsucking worm and figuratively, often disapprovingly, for a person who lives off another's generosity.
- A leech clung to his ankle after wading through the swamp.
- Nineteenth-century doctors applied leeches for almost every ailment.
- Surgeons sometimes still use leeches to relieve swelling after reattachment surgery.
- His cousin was a leech who never once offered to pay for anything.
- She accused her old roommate of leeching off her generosity for years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LEECH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LEECH
10 longer words begin with LEECH.
Words ending in LEECH
3 words end in LEECH. Useful as a back hook: play LEECH onto a word already on the board.
Words with LEECH inside
11 words contain LEECH in the middle. Words that start with LEECH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LEECH
Common questions about LEECH
- Is LEECH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LEECH, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LEECH worth?
- LEECH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LEECH mean?
- A blood-sucking worm that lives in water or damp ground and attaches itself to the skin of a person or animal to feed.
- What letters can be added to LEECH?
- LEECH takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LEECH:
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