Jumble solved
Is LEAKING a word? Yes.
LEAKING is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 7 letters, worth 12 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 2 anagrams, with 115 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 115
- Full anagrams
- 2
- Longest answer
- 7 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 4
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (E, A, I) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 4 remaining consonants (L, K, N, G).
Anagrams of LEAKING
2 words use all 7 letters — every full rearrangement of the scramble:
- leaking
- linkage
7-letter words
2 words found6-letter words
4 words found5-letter words
23 words found+ 8 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
38 words found+ 23 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
33 words found+ 18 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
15 words foundWords hidden inside LEAKING
Without moving a single letter, reading leaking straight through uncovers 5 shorter words — akin, king, leak, kin, lea. The longest unbroken run is akin.
Related jumbles to try
Same letters, different word: unscramble linkage.
Shorter words inside LEAKING — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to LEAKING
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and leaking opens up 5 8-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
7
Distinct
7
Vowels
43%
E, A, I
Consonants
57%
L, K, N, G
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Solving LEAKING: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters leaking?
Rearranging the 7 letters in leaking produces 115 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 7-letter answer leaking here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does leaking have any anagrams?
Using every one of the 7 letters, leaking can be rearranged into 2 words: leaking and linkage. These are full anagrams — each uses the same tiles in a different order.
What is the longest word you can make from leaking?
The longest solutions run to 7 letters: leaking and linkage. Reaching the full length means every one of those tiles is in play at once.
What are the easiest short words from leaking?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: leaking yields age, ail, ain, ale, ane, ani, elk, eng, gae and gal. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
Which word from leaking scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, leaking is the top scorer from leaking at 62 points, followed by linkage (62), laking (11) and alkine (10). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside leaking?
Read left to right without moving any letters and leaking already contains 5 shorter words: akin, king, leak, kin and lea. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is akin. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.