What LEEWARD Means
- noun: the direction in which the wind is blowing
- noun: the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
- adjective: on the side away from the wind“on the leeward side of the island”
- adverb: away from the wind“they were sailing leeward”
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
LEEWARD is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 E1 E1 W4 A1 R1 D2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In LEEWARD
136 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 (10)
5 letter words (24)
ALDERAREDEARLEDAWEELDEAREDEWARDRAWLDWALEEAREDELDERLADERLAREELAWEDLAWERLEARELEEARLEREDREWEDWADERWALEDWALERWAREDWEALDWEDEL
4 letter words (53)
ALEEALEWAREDAREWARLEAWDLAWEDAWEEDALEDAREDEALDEARDEAWDEERDELEDEREDRAWDREEDREWEALEEARDEARLEREDEWERLADELAERLARDLARELEADLEARLEEDLEERLERELEWDRADERALEREADREALREDEREEDREELWADEWALDWALEWARDWAREWEALWEARWEEDWEELWEERWELDWERE
3 letter words (34)
ALEARDAREAWEAWLDAEDALDAWDEEDELDEWEAREELELDERAEREEWELADLARLAWLEALEDLEELEWRADRAWREDREEREWWADWAEWARWEDWEE
2 letter words (15)
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