18 words come out when you unscramble LEAN, starting with LEAN itself: 4 in Scrabble, 6 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 4 points: ELAN, LANE and NEAL. The best shorter words score 3: 5 of them, LEA, ANE and ALE included. The 4 letters split into 2 vowels and 2 consonants.
L12E1A1N12
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from LEAN by length: 4 with 4 letters, 5 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Keep every letter of LEAN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with LE · ending in AN · all 4-letter words
Add two letters to LEAN:
What LEAN means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LEAN works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEAN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 18) | 15 | 18 | 15 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
3 of the 18 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NEAL, EAN and EA.
These 12 words take every letter of LEAN plus a single extra one.