Is “Leach” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
LEACH
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
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Meaning of Leach

/liːtʃ/

noun
  1. 1.A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.

  2. 2.A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.

  3. 3.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
  1. 1.An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.

  2. 2.A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.

  3. 3.A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.

Synonyms: bloodsucker, parasite, sponger, vampire

noun
  1. 1.A physician.

  2. 2.(Heathenry) A healer.

Synonyms: healer, barber, doctor, physician

noun
  1. 1.The vertical edge of a square sail.

  2. 2.The aft edge of a triangular sail.