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Is leeway a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word leeway is a Scrabble US word. The word leeway is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

L1E1E1W4A1Y4

Is leeway a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word leeway is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

L1E1E1W4A1Y4

Is leeway a Words With Friends word?

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

L2E1E1W4A1Y3

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6-letter words (1 found)

LEEWAY,

5-letter words (2 found)

ALEYE,AWEEL,

4-letter words (12 found)

ALEE,ALEW,AWEE,EALE,EELY,WALE,WALY,WEAL,WEEL,WYLE,YALE,YAWL,

3-letter words (24 found)

ALE,AWE,AWL,AYE,EEL,EEW,EWE,EYE,LAW,LAY,LEA,LEE,LEW,LEY,LYE,WAE,WAY,WEE,WEY,WYE,YAE,YAW,YEA,YEW,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AL,AW,AY,EA,EE,EL,EW,LA,WE,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

Definitions and meaning of leeway

leeway

Etymology

lee (“side away from the wind”) +‎ way

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈliːˌweɪ]
  • Rhymes: -iːweɪ

Noun

leeway (countable and uncountable, plural leeways)

  1. The drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction.
  2. A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility.
    Synonyms: freedom, flexibility, latitude, margin, wiggle room, elbowroom
    • 2005, James Gosling et al., The Java Language Specification, Third Edition, Prentice Hall PTR, →ISBN, section 15.4 “FP-strict Expressions”,[1]
      Within an expression that is not FP-strict, some leeway is granted for an implementation to use an extended exponent range to represent intermediate results; […]
  3. (UK) An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in the phrase make up leeway.

Related terms

  • lee
  • leeward

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References

  • “leeway”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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