Leach

/liːtʃ/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:11 pts5 letters

Definition of Leach

noun

A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century.
"1670 Hannah Woolley The Queen-like Closet, Or, Rich Cabinet https//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen-Like_Closet "To make Leach and to colour it""

noun

An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.

noun

A physician.
(Heathenry) A healer.

noun

The vertical edge of a square sail.
The aft edge of a triangular sail.

Anagrams of Leach

Exact Anagrams

1 word using all 5 letters:

Words You Can Make

14 words can be made from the letters in "leach":

5-LETTER WORDS

4-LETTER WORDS

ache alec each hale heal lace lech

3-LETTER WORDS

ace ale cel hae lac lea

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "leach" and rearranging:

+pchapel pleach

+schelas laches

+tchalet thecal

Related Word Patterns

LE...Words starting with "le"...CHWords ending with "ch"All 5-letter words Unscramble "leach"

Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

bloodsuckerparasitespongervampirehealerbarberdoctorphysician

Rhyming Words

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