ELEGIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ELEGIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ELEGIZE?
| 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: 66 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ELEGIZE is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ELEGIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ELEGIZE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ELEGIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 3 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 673,719.
What stands out about ELEGIZE
- ELEGIZE 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 ELEGIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To write an elegy, or to lament a person or thing in mournful verse.
To elegize is to turn grief or loss into poetry, usually in a solemn and reflective tone. The poet may mourn a person, a vanished way of life or a ruined place. It is a literary verb, seldom heard in plain talk.
How ELEGIZE is used
Used in literary criticism and poetry, as in poets who elegize a lost friend.
- He chose to elegize his teacher in a long poem.
- The poet would elegize the fallen soldiers each spring.
- Many writers elegize the vanished village of their childhood.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ELEGIZE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ELEGIZE
2 longer words begin with ELEGIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in ELEGIZE
Common questions about ELEGIZE
- Is ELEGIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ELEGIZE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ELEGIZE worth?
- ELEGIZE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ELEGIZE mean?
- To write an elegy, or to lament a person or thing in mournful verse.
- What letters can be added to ELEGIZE?
- ELEGIZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ELEGIZE:
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