EILD is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. EILD is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept EILD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EILD is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EILD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
eildsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EILD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in EILD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What stands out about EILD
- The same 4 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EILD mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
Old age; the later stage of life.
Eild is an old alternative spelling of eld, the archaic English word for old age, and turns up mainly in Scots and older poetic writing. A person spoken of as being in eild is simply old, and the word carries the same weight as saying someone has reached their advanced years.
How EILD is used
Archaic and mostly Scots; found in older verse and ballads rather than in modern speech.
- The old shepherd spoke of eild as a burden he carried gladly.
- Her hands, marked by eild, still moved quickly at the loom.
- The ballad tells of a king brought low by eild and sickness.
- He feared eild more than he feared death itself.
- In eild the body slows, though the poem says the heart does not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EILD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EILD
The 4 tiles of EILD in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with EILD
3 longer words begin with EILD.
Shorter words from the letters in EILD
Common questions about EILD
- Is EILD valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and EILD is not in it.
- How many points is EILD worth?
- EILD is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EILD mean?
- Old age; the later stage of life.
- What letters can be added to EILD?
- EILD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of EILD:
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