least

least is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective, adverb, conjunction, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space.
2. adverb. In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.
3. conjunction. See Lest, conj.
4. noun. something that is of no importance

   "it is the least I can do"

   "that is the least of my concerns"

5. adjective. the superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree

   "didn't care the least bit"

   "he has the least talent of anyone"

6. adverb. used to form the superlative

   "The garter snake is the least dangerous snake"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in least:

astel, lates, salet, setal, slate, stael, stale, steal, stela, taels, tales, teals, tesla

Common word forms

leasts

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