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Is leather a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word leather is a Scrabble US word. The word leather is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is leather a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word leather is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

L1E1A1T1H4E1R1

Is leather a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word leather is a Words With Friends word. The word leather is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

HALTERE,LEATHER,

6-letter words (11 found)

AETHER,ELATER,HALTER,HEALER,HEATER,HEREAT,LATHEE,LATHER,REHEAT,RELATE,THALER,

5-letter words (30 found)

ALERT,ALTER,ARETE,ARTEL,EARTH,EATER,EATHE,ELATE,ETHAL,ETHER,HALER,HATER,HEARE,HEART,LAREE,LATER,LATHE,LEARE,LEEAR,LETHE,RATEL,RATHE,REATE,RELET,TALER,TELAE,THALE,THERE,THRAE,THREE,

4-letter words (54 found)

ALEE,ARET,ARLE,EALE,EARL,EATH,ETHE,HAET,HALE,HALT,HARE,HARL,HART,HATE,HEAL,HEAR,HEAT,HEEL,HELE,HERE,HERL,HETE,LAER,LARE,LATE,LATH,LEAR,LEAT,LEER,LEET,LEHR,LERE,RALE,RATE,RATH,REAL,REEL,RETE,RHEA,TAEL,TAHR,TALE,TARE,TEAL,TEAR,TEEL,TEER,TEHR,TELA,TELE,THAE,THAR,THEE,TREE,

3-letter words (34 found)

ALE,ALT,ARE,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,EEL,ELT,ERA,ERE,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAT,HER,HET,LAH,LAR,LAT,LEA,LEE,LET,RAH,RAT,REE,REH,RET,TAE,TAR,TEA,TEE,TEL,THE,

2-letter words (17 found)

AE,AH,AL,AR,AT,EA,EE,EH,EL,ER,ET,HA,HE,LA,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 149 words from leather according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of leather

leather

Etymology

From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą (“leather”), borrowing from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitrom, *letros, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥tro-.

Cognate with West Frisian leare (“leather”), Low German Leder (“leather”), Dutch leder, leer (“leather”), German Leder (“leather”), Danish læder (“leather”), Swedish läder (“leather”), Icelandic leður (“leather”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɛðə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɛðɚ/
  • (dialectal, obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈlʌðəɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ)

Noun

leather (countable and uncountable, plural leathers)

  1. A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
    Coordinate term: pseudoleather
  2. A piece of the above used for polishing.
  3. (colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
  4. (plural: leathers) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
  5. (baseball) A good defensive play
  6. (boxing) A punch.
  7. (dated, humorous) The skin.
  8. Clipping of fruit leather.

Hyponyms

  • (types of leather): chagrin, cordovan, cordwain, galuchat, maroquin, morocco, morocco leather, shagreen, sharkskin, taw

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Adjective

leather (not comparable)

  1. Made of leather.
    Synonym: leathern
  2. Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.
  3. Referring to an establishment of familial relations through agreed sexual or romantic deviance.

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Verb

leather (third-person singular simple present leathers, present participle leathering, simple past and past participle leathered)

  1. (transitive) To cover with leather.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To form a leathery surface (on).
  4. (transitive) To strike forcefully.
  5. (transitive) To spank or beat with a leather belt or strap.

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Anagrams

  • Tar Heel, Tarheel, haltere, lethera

Source: wiktionary.org