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Is lees a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lees is a Scrabble US word. The word lees is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

L1E1E1S1

Is lees a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lees is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

L1E1E1S1

Is lees a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word lees is a Words With Friends word. The word lees is worth 5 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2E1E1S1

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4-letter words (6 found)

EELS,ELSE,LEES,SEEL,SELE,SLEE,

3-letter words (6 found)

EEL,ELS,LEE,LES,SEE,SEL,

2-letter words (3 found)

EE,EL,ES,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 16 words from lees according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of lees

lees eles lees eles eels eels lese else lsee slee esle sele lese else lsee slee esle sele eesl eesl esel seel esel seel

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word lees. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in lees.

Definitions and meaning of lees

lees

Etymology 1

Old French lies, from Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”).

Noun

lees pl (plural only)

  1. The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
Synonyms
  • (sediment): dregs
Related terms
  • lie
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

lees

  1. plural of lee

Anagrams

  • EELS, ELEs, Else, Slee, eels, else, lese, seel, sele

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lezen, from Middle Dutch lēsen (“to collect, gather, read”), from Old Dutch lesan (“to gather, read”), from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɪəs/

Verb

lees (present lees, present participle lesende, past participle gelees)

  1. to read

Related terms

  • leser

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leːs/
  • Rhymes: -eːs

Verb

lees

  1. inflection of lezen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

  • slee

Galician

Verb

lees

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of lear

Luxembourgish

Verb

lees

  1. second-person singular present indicative of leeën

North Frisian

Etymology

In sense 1 from Old Frisian lesa.

Verb

lees

  1. (Föhr-Amrum Dialect) to read
  2. (Föhr-Amrum Dialect) to load

Conjugation


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlees/ [ˈle.es]
  • Rhymes: -ees
  • Syllabification: le‧es

Verb

lees

  1. second-person singular present indicative of leer

Source: wiktionary.org