Unscramble lead

Unscramble LEAD and you have 21 words, LEAD itself among them: it scores 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of LEAD are on the page: DALE, DEAL and LADE, each 5 points. The best shorter words score 4: 6 of them, LED, DAL and LAD included. 4 letters: 2 vowels and 2 consonants.

Looking for aeld, eadl, ldae, dlae, elda, ldea, aedl, dela, dael or eald? They use the same letters as LEAD, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.

Possible Words From lead

Counting the words from LEAD by length: 4 with 4 letters, 8 with 3 and 9 with 2.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with lead

The 4-letter words made with LEAD letters are 4: LEAD itself and 3 anagrams, LADE, DEAL and DALE. Each scores 5 points.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with lead

Among 8 3-letter words in LEAD, the top score is 4, reached by 6. LED, DAL and LAD are the familiar ones.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with lead

4 of 9 2-letter words you get when you unscramble LEAD tie at 3 points; none scores more.

Change One Tile in LEAD

Keep every letter of LEAD but one, change that one, and you get:

L M gives MADE · unscramble made
D F gives LEAF · unscramble leaf
L T gives DATE · words from date
D N gives LANE · words from lane
L S gives SADE · words from sade
E T gives DALT · unscramble dalt

More 4-letter words: starting with LE · ending in AD · all 4-letter words

Add two letters to LEAD:

LEAD + B + B · unscramble dabble

Meanings of the Strongest LEAD Answers

The meaning of LEAD, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.

Scrabble · Words With Friends points

LEAD 5 · 6: to cover with the chemical element whose atomic number is 82
DALE 5 · 6: a valley
DEAL 5 · 6: to trade or do business
LADE 5 · 6: to load with a cargo
DAL 4 · 5: a dish of lentils and spices in India
DEL 4 · 5: an operator in differential calculus
ELD 4 · 5: old age
LAD 4 · 5: a boy or youth

Can You Play LEAD in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

Yes. LEAD is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.

Game	Scrabble US	Scrabble UK	Words With Friends*
LEAD itself	Yes	Yes	Yes
Answers accepted (of 21)	19	21	18

* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.

Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: DAE and EA. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: DA.

Longer Words Built on LEAD

These 12 words take every letter of LEAD plus a single extra one.

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