leceh

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈleɪ.t͡ʃeɪ/
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/ˈleɪ.t͡ʃeɪ/ · [ˈleː˧.t͡ʃeː˦]

Definition of leceh

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (Singapore, Singlish)Troublesome
    “Some of the hawkers are not very cooperative. When it comes to paying the salary, they find it ‘leceh’ (troublesome).”
    “[A friend] was puzzled as to why the [Central Provident Fund] Board with its marvellous computerised accounting facilities couldn’t design a less lecheh (convoluted, troublesome) way of dealing with savers who already have enough to take care of rainy flat-on-their-back days.”
    “Thank you ah, Mabel. But I think now don’t need already lah, make you come all the way to Braddell so leceh.”

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay leceh.

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2-letter words

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