ALLUSIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ALLUSIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALLUSIVE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALLUSIVE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALLUSIVE
No single letter turns ALLUSIVE into another word.
How ALLUSIVE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ALLUSIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALLUSIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALLUSIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Making indirect reference to something without naming it outright.
Allusive writing hints at other works, events or people and expects the reader to catch the echo. Poetry is often allusive. Do not confuse it with elusive, which means hard to catch.
How ALLUSIVE is used
Allusive is used mainly in literary criticism and discussion of style.
- The poem is rich and allusive, full of echoes of Homer.
- His allusive style left some readers puzzled.
- An allusive remark about the past silenced the room.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALLUSIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALLUSIVE
3 longer words begin with ALLUSIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in ALLUSIVE
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Common questions about ALLUSIVE
- Is ALLUSIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALLUSIVE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALLUSIVE worth?
- ALLUSIVE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALLUSIVE mean?
- Making indirect reference to something without naming it outright.
- What letters can be added to ALLUSIVE?
- No single letter can be added to ALLUSIVE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ALLUSIVE:
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