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LEECH

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

LEECH is a valid 5-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 2 in Classic, 2 in Big, and 2 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

LEECHES-es 5 LEECHING-ing 11 LEECHED-ed 5
noun
  1. A typically aquatic blood-sucking annelid of the subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
  2. figurativelyA person who derives advantage from others in a parasitic fashion.
  3. datedA glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.
  4. archaicA physician.
  5. GermanicA healer.
  6. The vertical edge of a square sail.
  7. The aft edge of a triangular sail.
verb
  1. literallytransitiveTo apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
  2. figurativelytransitiveTo drain (resources) without giving back.
    • Bert leeched hundreds of files from the BBS, but never uploaded anything in return.
  3. archaicrareTo treat, cure or heal.