ELEGIST is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ELEGIST 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 ELEGIST?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ELEGIST is to know. It scores 8 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ELEGIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
elegistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ELEGIST scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ELEGIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 93,572.
What does ELEGIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A writer of elegies, the mournful poems for the dead.
Roman poets such as Ovid are often grouped as elegists, though their elegies were not always sad. Later the label shifted toward poets of grief and loss.
How ELEGIST is used
Elegist appears in literary history and criticism when naming a poet by genre.
- The elegist wrote a verse for each fallen soldier.
- Critics praised the young elegist for restraint.
- An elegist of the old school, he favoured slow, sombre lines.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ELEGIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ELEGIST
The 7 tiles of ELEGIST in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ELEGIST
1 longer words begin with ELEGIST.
Shorter words from the letters in ELEGIST
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Common questions about ELEGIST
- Is ELEGIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ELEGIST, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ELEGIST worth?
- ELEGIST is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ELEGIST mean?
- A writer of elegies, the mournful poems for the dead.
- What letters can be added to ELEGIST?
- ELEGIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ELEGIST:
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