What LEECHES Means
LEECHES is a form of LEECH, which means:
- noun: carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
- noun: a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- verb: draw blood“In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
LEECHES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 E1 E1 C3 H4 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of LEECHES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In LEECHES
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.
6 letter words (5)
5 letter words (6)
4 letter words (14)
3 letter words (14)
2 letter words (7)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.