What LEECHING Means
LEECHING is a form of LEECH, which means:
- noun: carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
- noun: a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- verb: draw blood“In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
LEECHING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 E1 E1 C3 H4 I1 N1 G2.
Words Made From The Letters In LEECHING
106 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
7 letter words (4)
6 letter words (7)
5 letter words (22)
CHIELCHILECHINECLINECLINGEHINGEIGNEELCHIGENICGENIEHENCEHENGEHINGEINCLEINGLELEECHLIEGELIGNELINCHNEIGHNICHENIECE
4 letter words (29)
CEILCHINCIELCINECLEGECHEEECHEINEELHIGENEGHEEGIENGLEEGLEIGLENHEELHEILHELEHINGINCHLECHLENGLICELICHLIENLINELINGNICENIGH
3 letter words (33)
2 letter words (11)
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