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/liː/
noun

Is LEA a Scrabble word?

Yes. LEA is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends.

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Meaning An open field, meadow, pasture.

Noun 3 meanings

  1. An open field, meadow, pasture.

    “19th century, Alfred Tennyson, Circumstance Two children in two neighbor villages Playing mad pranks along the heathy leas;”

  2. Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards (275 m); for cotton, 120 yards (110 m).

  3. A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: lea via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English legh, lege, lei (“clearing, open ground”), from Old English lēah (“clearing in a forest”) from Proto-West Germanic *lauh (“meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz (“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówkos (“field, meadow”).

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LEA at a glance

LEA has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (L 1 + E 1 + A 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #13,328 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -LEA

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Same last three letters as LEA. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • PLEA6
  • FLEA7
  • AZALEA15
  • COCHLEA14
  • BOUGAINVILLEA19
  • GALEA6
  • OLEA4
  • ILEA4
  • ACHILLEA13
  • GREVILLEA13
  • TROCHLEA13
  • PALEA7

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