leakey
/liki/
noun
6 letters2 syllables13 points in Scrabble®13 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS3
NOUN
1
English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944).
2
English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972).
3
English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996).
WORD FORMS
Starts withL
Ends withY
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®13 points
Words With Friends®13 points
Double word26 points
Triple word39 points
GOOD TO KNOW
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Starts & ends withL … Y
Syllableslea · key
SYNONYMS & RELATED6
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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