ELD is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ELD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ELD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ELD is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ELD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ELD scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ELD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 842.
What stands out about ELD
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 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 ELD mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
Old age; a former time.
Eld is the noun that old was built from, and it dropped out of ordinary use by about 1600. Writers revive it deliberately when they want an archaic tone, and that is the only way anybody now comes across it.
How ELD is used
Uncountable. Archaic and literary.
- The days of eld are always somebody else's days.
- The word eld is the noun behind old.
- Eld went out of use around 1600.
- A writer uses eld to sound old, not to be understood.
- Nothing in modern speech needs the word eld.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ELD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ELD
The 3 tiles of ELD in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ELD
Showing 24 of 27 words that begin with ELD.
Words ending in ELD
Showing 24 of 85 words that end in ELD. Useful as a back hook: play ELD onto a word already on the board.
Words with ELD inside
Showing 24 of 279 words that contain ELD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ELD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ELD
Common questions about ELD
- Is ELD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ELD, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ELD worth?
- ELD is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ELD mean?
- Old age; a former time.
- What letters can be added to ELD?
- ELD takes 9 hooks: 8 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ELD:
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