LEMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. LEMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LEMAN?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LEMAN is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LEMAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lemansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LEMAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LEMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does LEMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
An archaic word for a lover or sweetheart, often used specifically for a mistress.
Leman comes from Middle English and was used for either a beloved partner or, more pointedly, for a lover kept outside marriage, which gave the word a slightly disreputable shade in many older texts. Ballads and chronicles use it when a character's romantic partner is meant to sound old-fashioned, secret, or morally suspect rather than simply a modern boyfriend or girlfriend. The word survives today only in historical fiction, older poetry, and quotation rather than in ordinary conversation.
How LEMAN is used
Archaic and literary; encountered in older poetry and ballads rather than modern speech.
- The ballad tells of a knight who abandoned his leman for another.
- Old poems sometimes call a secret lover a leman.
- The chronicler hinted that the duke kept a leman at court.
- She was mocked in the village as the miller's leman.
- The play's villain conspires with his leman to seize the throne.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LEMAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LEMAN
1 longer words begin with LEMAN.
Words ending in LEMAN
17 words end in LEMAN. Useful as a back hook: play LEMAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with LEMAN inside
17 words contain LEMAN in the middle. Words that start with LEMAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LEMAN
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Common questions about LEMAN
- Is LEMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LEMAN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LEMAN worth?
- LEMAN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LEMAN mean?
- An archaic word for a lover or sweetheart, often used specifically for a mistress.
- What letters can be added to LEMAN?
- LEMAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LEMAN:
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