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Is leaven a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word leaven is a Scrabble US word. The word leaven is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

L1E1A1V4E1N1

Is leaven a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word leaven is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

L1E1A1V4E1N1

Is leaven a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word leaven is a Words With Friends word. The word leaven is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2E1A1V5E1N2

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6-letter words (1 found)

LEAVEN,

5-letter words (11 found)

ANELE,ELVAN,ELVEN,LEAVE,NAEVE,NAVEL,NEVEL,VEALE,VEENA,VENAE,VENAL,

4-letter words (21 found)

ALEE,AVEL,EALE,EAVE,EEVN,ELAN,EVEN,LANE,LAVE,LEAN,LEVA,LEVE,NAVE,NEAL,NEVE,VALE,VANE,VEAL,VELA,VELE,VENA,

3-letter words (18 found)

ALE,ANE,AVE,EAN,EEL,EEN,ENE,EVE,LAV,LEA,LEE,LEV,NAE,NAV,NEE,VAE,VAN,VEE,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AL,AN,EA,EE,EL,EN,LA,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 62 words from leaven according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of leaven

leaven

Etymology

From Middle English levayn, borrowed from Old French levain, from Vulgar Latin *levāmen, a noun based on Latin levō (“raise”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈlɛv.ən/, [ˈlɛvn̩]
  • Rhymes: -ɛvən

Noun

leaven (countable and uncountable, plural leavens)

  1. Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
  2. (figurative) Anything that induces change, especially a corrupting or vitiating change.

Synonyms

  • (any agent used to make dough rise): leavening agent, raising agent

Hypernyms

  • (any agent used to make dough rise): agent, substance

Hyponyms

  • (any agent used to make dough rise): baking powder, yeast

Derived terms

  • leavenless
  • natural leaven

Translations

Verb

leaven (third-person singular simple present leavens, present participle leavening, simple past and past participle leavened)

  1. (transitive) To add a leavening agent.
  2. (transitive) To cause to rise by fermentation.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To temper an action or decision.
  4. (transitive, figuratively) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
  5. To rise or become larger. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Alternative forms

  • leven (obsolete)

Derived terms

  • leavened
  • leavening
  • unleavened

Translations

See also

  • yeast

West Frisian

Noun

leaven

  1. plural of leaf

Source: wiktionary.org