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LEERS

5 letters, 5 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What LEERS Means

LEERS is a form of LEER, which means:

  1. noun: a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
  2. noun: a suggestive or sneering look or grin
  3. verb: look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression“The men leered at the young women on the beach”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LEERS 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 E1 R1 S1.

Anagrams of LEERS (3)

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

Words Made From The Letters In LEERS

29 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 (13)

3 letter words (11)

2 letter words (5)

Longer Words Containing LEERS

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

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