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LEANS

5 letters, 5 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What LEANS Means

LEANS is a form of LEAN, which means:

  1. verb: to incline or bend from a vertical position“She leaned over the banister”
  2. verb: cause to lean or incline“He leaned his rifle against the wall”
  3. adjective: lacking excess flesh“you can't be too rich or too thin”
  4. adjective: lacking in mineral content or combustible material“lean ore”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LEANS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 E1 A1 N1 S1.

Anagrams of LEANS (4)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In LEANS

46 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (16)

3 letter words (19)

2 letter words (11)

Longer Words Containing LEANS

LEANS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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