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Is lean a Scrabble word?
Yes. The word lean is a Scrabble US word. The word lean is worth 4 points in Scrabble:
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Is lean a Scrabble UK word?
Yes. The word lean is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:
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Is lean a Words With Friends word?
Yes. The word lean is a Words With Friends word. The word lean is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):
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You can make 19 words from lean according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
lean elan laen alen ealn aeln lena elna lnea nlea enla nela lane alne lnae nlae anle nale eanl aenl enal neal anel nael
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word lean. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in lean.
From Middle English lenen (“to lean”), from Old English hleonian, hlinian (“to lean, recline, lie down, rest”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlinēn, from Proto-Germanic *hlināną (“to lean, incline”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-.
Cognate via Proto-Germanic with Middle Dutch leunen (“to lean”), German lehnen (“to lean”); via Proto-Indo-European with climate, cline.
lean (third-person singular simple present leans, present participle leaning, simple past and past participle leaned or (UK) leant)
lean (plural leans)
From Middle English lene (“lean”), from Old English hlǣne (“lean”), (cognate with Low German leen), perhaps from hlǣnan (“to cause to lean (due to hunger or lack of food)”), from Proto-Germanic *hlainijaną (“to cause to lean”). If so, then related to Old English hlinian, hleonian (“to lean”).
lean (comparative leaner, superlative leanest)
lean (countable and uncountable, plural leans)
lean (third-person singular simple present leans, present participle leaning, simple past and past participle leaned)
From Icelandic leyna? Akin to German leugnen (“deny”). Compare lie (“speak falsely”).
lean (third-person singular simple present leans, present participle leaning, simple past and past participle leaned)
Probably from the verb to lean (see etymology 1 above), supposedly because consumption of the intoxicating beverage causes one to "lean". Alternatively, possibly short for gasoline (“an alcoholic beverage made of vodka and energy drink”).
lean (uncountable)
lean
From Old Irish lenaid (“stays, sticks (to), follows”), from Proto-Celtic *linati (“to stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”); compare Latin linō (“anoint”), līmus (“mud, slime”), Sanskrit लिनाति (lināti, “sticks, stays”).
lean (present analytic leanann, future analytic leanfaidh, verbal noun leanúint, past participle leanta)
lean
From Proto-West Germanic *laun.
lēan n
From Proto-West Germanic *lahan. Cognate with Old Saxon lahan, Old High German lahan, Old Norse lá, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (laian).
lēan
From Old Irish lenaid (“stays, sticks (to), follows”), from Proto-Celtic *linati (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”); compare Latin linō (“anoint”), Sanskrit लिनाति (lināti, “sticks, stays”).
lean (past lean, future leanaidh, verbal noun leantainn or leanmhainn, past participle leanta)
lean
From Old Frisian lān, from Proto-West Germanic *laun. Cognate with Old English lēan.
lean n (plural leanen, diminutive leantsje)