Scrabble and Words with Friends

• LEAD is a valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• LEAD is a valid Words with Friends word worth 6 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• LEAD is a 4 letter word containing the letters a, d, e, l.

Definitions

• lead

  noun an advantage held by a competitor in a race
  he took the lead at the last turn

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• lead

  noun a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
  the children were playing with lead soldiers

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• lead

  noun evidence pointing to a possible solution
  the police are following a promising lead

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• lead

  noun a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead')
  he takes the lead in any group
  we were just waiting for someone to take the lead
  they didn't follow our lead

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• lead

  noun the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)

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• lead

  noun the introductory section of a story
  it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter

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• lead

  noun (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning

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• lead

  noun an actor who plays a principal role

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• lead

  noun (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
  he took a long lead off first

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• lead

  noun an indication of potential opportunity
  a good lead for a job

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• lead

  noun a news story of major importance

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• lead

  noun the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine

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• lead

  noun restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal

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• lead

  noun thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing

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• lead

  noun mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil

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• lead

  noun a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
  it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads

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• lead

  noun the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
  the lead was in the dummy

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• lead

  verb take somebody somewhere
  We lead him to our chief

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• lead

  verb produce as a result or residue

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• lead

  verb tend to or result in
  This remark lead to further arguments among the guests

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• lead

  verb travel in front of; go in advance of others

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• lead

  verb cause to undertake a certain action

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• lead

  verb stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

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• lead

  verb be in charge of

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• lead

  verb be ahead of others; be the first

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• lead

  verb be conducive to
  The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing

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• lead

  verb lead, as in the performance of a composition

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• lead

  verb lead, extend, or afford access

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• lead

  verb move ahead (of others) in time or space

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• lead

  verb cause something to pass or lead somewhere

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• lead

  verb preside over

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• Lookup LEAD using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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