Scrabble & Words with friends points
- lead is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
- lead is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
- lead is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6
Definition of lead
- be in charge of (verb)
Synonyms
- head
- the introductory section of a story (noun)
Examples
- it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter
Synonyms
- lead-in
- lede
- take somebody somewhere (verb)
Examples
- We lead him to our chief
Synonyms
- conduct
- direct
- guide
- take
- produce as a result or residue (verb)
Synonyms
- leave
- result
- be conducive to (verb)
Examples
- The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing
Synonyms
- conduce
- contribute
- lead, as in the performance of a composition (verb)
Synonyms
- conduct
- direct
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire (noun)
Examples
- it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads
Synonyms
- booster cable
- jumper cable
- jumper lead
- a news story of major importance (noun)
Synonyms
- lead story
- travel in front of; go in advance of others (verb)
Synonyms
- head
- lead, extend, or afford access (verb)
Synonyms
- go
- move ahead (of others) in time or space (verb)
Synonyms
- precede
- preside over (verb)
Synonyms
- chair
- moderate
- a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey (noun)
Examples
- the children were playing with lead soldiers
Synonyms
- atomic number 82
- pb
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere (verb)
Synonyms
- run
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point (verb)
Synonyms
- extend
- go
- pass
- run
- be ahead of others; be the first (verb)
Synonyms
- top
- an actor who plays a principal role (noun)
Synonyms
- principal
- star
- evidence pointing to a possible solution (noun)
Examples
- the police are following a promising lead
Synonyms
- track
- trail
- thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing (noun)
Synonyms
- leading
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal (noun)
Synonyms
- leash
- tether
- the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine (noun)
Synonyms
- spark advance
- an indication of potential opportunity (noun)
Examples
- a good lead for a job
Synonyms
- confidential information
- hint
- steer
- tip
- wind
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil (noun)
Synonyms
- pencil lead
- an advantage held by a competitor in a race (noun)
Examples
- he took the lead at the last turn
- a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead') (noun)
Examples
- he takes the lead in any group
- we were just waiting for someone to take the lead
- they didn't follow our lead
- (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base (noun)
Examples
- he took a long lead off first
- cause to undertake a certain action (verb)
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning (noun)
- tend to or result in (verb)
Examples
- This remark lead to further arguments among the guests
- the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile) (noun)
- the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge (noun)
Examples
- the lead was in the dummy
See definition of lead in Merriam Webster