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Is leaden a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word leaden is a Scrabble US word. The word leaden is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

L1E1A1D2E1N1

Is leaden a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word leaden is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

L1E1A1D2E1N1

Is leaden a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word leaden is a Words With Friends word. The word leaden is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2E1A1D2E1N2

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6-letter words (4 found)

ANELED,LEADEN,LEANED,NEALED,

5-letter words (8 found)

ANELE,EALED,EANED,ELAND,LADEN,LANDE,NALED,NEELD,

4-letter words (19 found)

ALEE,DALE,DEAL,DEAN,DEEN,DELE,DENE,EALE,ELAN,LADE,LAND,LANE,LEAD,LEAN,LEDE,LEED,LEND,NEAL,NEED,

3-letter words (22 found)

ALE,AND,ANE,DAE,DAL,DAN,DEE,DEL,DEN,EAN,EEL,EEN,ELD,END,ENE,LAD,LEA,LED,LEE,NAE,NED,NEE,

2-letter words (14 found)

AD,AE,AL,AN,DA,DE,EA,ED,EE,EL,EN,LA,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 68 words from leaden according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of leaden

leaden

Etymology

From Middle English leden, leaden, from Old English lēaden (“leaden, of lead”), equivalent to lead +‎ -en. Cognate with West Frisian leaden (“leaden”), Dutch loden (“leaden”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛdən/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdən

Adjective

leaden (comparative more leaden, superlative most leaden)

  1. (dated) Made of lead.
  2. Pertaining to or resembling lead; grey, heavy, sluggish.
    • 1818-1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Julian and Maddalo
      [...] if man be
      The passive thing you say, I should not see
      Much harm in the religions and old saws
      (Tho' I may never own such leaden laws)
      Which break a teachless nature to the yoke.
  3. Dull; darkened with overcast.
    Synonyms: faint, wan; see also Thesaurus:dim
    • 1999: Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 31 (2001 Perennial paperback edition)
      "It was at the end of February..., when the world was cold..., when icy rains fell from the leaden skies in continual drizzling showers."

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Verb

leaden (third-person singular simple present leadens, present participle leadening, simple past and past participle leadened)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become dull or overcast.

Anagrams

  • Delena, andele, aneled, leaned, nealed

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

leaden

  1. Alternative form of leden (“to lead”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

leaden

  1. Alternative form of leden (“leaden”)

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlæ͜ɑː.den/

Adjective

lēaden

  1. Alternative form of līeden

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org