51 words come out when you unscramble LEANS, starting with LEANS itself: 5 in Scrabble, 7 in Words With Friends. 4 anagrams of LEANS are on the page: ELANS, LANES, NEALS and SLANE, each 5 points. It has 5 letters, 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
L12E1A1N12S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from LEANS by length: 5 with 5 letters, 17 with 4, 18 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Keep every letter of LEANS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with LE · ending in NS · all 5-letter words
The meaning of LEANS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LEANS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEANS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 51) | 39 | 51 | 37 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 12 of them: NEALS, SLANE, EANS, NEAL, SEAN, SENA, SLAE, ANS, EAN, EAS, NAS and EA. Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: NAES and SAN.
These 12 words take every letter of LEANS plus a single extra one.