LERE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. LERE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept LERE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LERE is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LERE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LERE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LERE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,476.
What stands out about LERE
- 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 LERE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
dialectScots
Empty; containing nothing.
Lere is an old dialect adjective meaning empty, applied to a stomach, a purse, or a room with nothing left in it. It comes down from Old English rather than being a mere respelling of empty, and it survives today chiefly in Scots and northern English dialect speech and in glossaries of older poetry.
How LERE is used
Dialect and archaic; encountered in Scots glossaries and older regional writing rather than everyday speech.
- The cupboard stood lere after the long winter.
- He complained of a lere belly by the end of the fast.
- Her purse was lere before the market even opened.
- The old barn looked lere with all the grain carted away.
- A lere field gives a farmer little comfort in spring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LERE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LERE
The 4 tiles of LERE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with LERE
2 longer words begin with LERE.
Words ending in LERE
6 words end in LERE. Useful as a back hook: play LERE onto a word already on the board.
Words with LERE inside
Showing 24 of 51 words that contain LERE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LERE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LERE
Common questions about LERE
- Is LERE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and LERE is not in it.
- How many points is LERE worth?
- LERE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LERE mean?
- Empty; containing nothing.
- What letters can be added to LERE?
- LERE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LERE:
Open LERE in the Word Finder