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Is leash a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word leash is a Scrabble US word. The word leash is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

L1E1A1S1H4

Is leash a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word leash is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

L1E1A1S1H4

Is leash a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word leash is a Words With Friends word. The word leash is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2E1A1S1H3

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5-letter words (7 found)

HALES,HALSE,HEALS,LEASH,SELAH,SHALE,SHEAL,

4-letter words (12 found)

ALES,HAES,HALE,HEAL,LAHS,LASE,LASH,LEAS,SALE,SEAL,SHEA,SLAE,

3-letter words (20 found)

AHS,ALE,ALS,ASH,EAS,EHS,ELS,HAE,HAS,HES,LAH,LAS,LEA,LES,SAE,SAL,SEA,SEL,SHA,SHE,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AH,AL,AS,EA,EH,EL,ES,HA,HE,LA,SH,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 52 words from leash according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of leash

leash elash laesh alesh ealsh aelsh lesah elsah lseah sleah eslah selah laseh alseh lsaeh slaeh asleh saleh easlh aeslh esalh sealh aselh saelh leahs elahs laehs alehs ealhs aelhs lehas elhas lheas hleas ehlas helas lahes alhes lhaes hlaes ahles hales eahls aehls ehals heals ahels haels lesha elsha lseha sleha eslha selha lehsa elhsa lhesa hlesa ehlsa helsa lshea slhea lhsea hlsea shlea hslea eshla sehla ehsla hesla shela hsela lashe alshe lsahe slahe aslhe salhe lahse alhse lhase hlase ahlse halse lshae slhae lhsae hlsae shlae hslae ashle sahle ahsle hasle shale hsale eashl aeshl esahl seahl asehl saehl eahsl aehsl ehasl heasl ahesl haesl eshal sehal ehsal hesal sheal hseal ashel sahel ahsel hasel shael hsael

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Definitions and meaning of leash

leash

Etymology

From Middle English leesshe, leysche, lesshe, a variant of more original lease, from Middle English lees, leese, leece, lese, from Old French lesse (modern French laisse), from Latin laxa (“thong, a loose cord”), feminine form of laxus (“loose”); compare lax. Doublet of laisse.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /liːʃ/
  • Rhymes: -iːʃ
  • Homophone: Laois

Noun

leash (plural leashes)

  1. A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
    Synonym: lead
  2. (obsolete) A brace and a half; a tierce.
  3. (obsolete) A set of three animals (especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares;)
  4. (obsolete) A group of three.
  5. A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
  6. (surfing) A leg rope.
  7. (prosody) A kind of metrical construct in Skeltonics.

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Verb

leash (third-person singular simple present leashes, present participle leashing, simple past and past participle leashed)

  1. To fasten or secure with a leash.
  2. (figuratively) to curb, restrain

Antonyms

  • unleash (verb)

Translations

References

  • “leash”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “leash”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

  • Hales, Heals, Sahel, Saleh, Selah, hales, halse, heals, selah, shale, sheal

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