LEPT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. LEPT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LEPT?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LEPT is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LEPT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LEPT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LEPT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does LEPT mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To leap or jump suddenly; an archaic past-tense form of the verb leap.
Older English texts sometimes give the past tense of leap as lept rather than the now-standard leapt or leaped. The word appears in earlier printed works and is treated in dictionaries as an archaic spelling rather than a separate word, much as wast is an old form of was.
How LEPT is used
Archaic; appears in older texts, replaced by leapt or leaped in current usage.
- The sailor lept from the deck before the ship struck the rocks.
- In the old tale, the fox lept clear over the wall.
- He lept to his feet the moment the bell rang.
- The chronicle records that the horse lept the ditch without pause.
- She lept into the boat just as it pulled away from shore.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LEPT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LEPT
The 4 tiles of LEPT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LEPT
Showing 24 of 32 words that begin with LEPT.
Words ending in LEPT
6 words end in LEPT. Useful as a back hook: play LEPT onto a word already on the board.
Words with LEPT inside
Showing 24 of 54 words that contain LEPT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LEPT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LEPT
Common questions about LEPT
- Is LEPT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LEPT, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LEPT worth?
- LEPT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LEPT mean?
- To leap or jump suddenly; an archaic past-tense form of the verb leap.
- What letters can be added to LEPT?
- LEPT takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LEPT:
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