ELEGISE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ELEGISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ELEGISE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ELEGISE is to know. It scores 8 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ELEGISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ELEGISE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ELEGISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 3 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 168,430.
What stands out about ELEGISE
- ELEGISE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ELEGISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
Britishliterary
To write an elegy, or to lament someone or something in mournful verse.
To elegise a loss is to turn grief into a poem rather than merely speak it. The s spelling is the British form of the word.
How ELEGISE is used
People elegise in poetry and literary criticism, usually about the dead or about something past.
- The poet chose to elegise his teacher in a long poem.
- Many writers elegise the vanished countryside of their childhood.
- She tried to elegise the old house before it was torn down.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ELEGISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ELEGISE
The 7 tiles of ELEGISE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ELEGISE
2 longer words begin with ELEGISE.
Shorter words from the letters in ELEGISE
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Common questions about ELEGISE
- Is ELEGISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ELEGISE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ELEGISE worth?
- ELEGISE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ELEGISE mean?
- To write an elegy, or to lament someone or something in mournful verse.
- What letters can be added to ELEGISE?
- ELEGISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ELEGISE:
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