ELEGY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ELEGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ELEGY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ELEGY is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ELEGY
No single letter turns ELEGY into another word.
How ELEGY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ELEGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 47,530.
What does ELEGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A poem of serious reflection, typically mourning the death of a particular person.
An elegy usually moves from sorrow at a loss toward some form of consolation or reflection on mortality itself, as in Thomas Gray's famous elegy written in a country churchyard. In ancient Greek and Roman poetry, the term originally referred to any verse written in a particular metre called the elegiac couplet, whatever its subject, but in modern literature elegy is tied firmly to grief and remembrance. Composers also write musical elegies, using the term to signal a mournful, reflective mood.
How ELEGY is used
A countable literary term; usually followed by for or on, as in an elegy for a lost friend.
- The poet composed an elegy for his fallen comrade.
- Students studied the famous elegy written in a country churchyard.
- She read the elegy aloud at the memorial service.
- His latest album includes a haunting elegy for his late father.
- The elegy moved slowly from grief toward quiet acceptance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ELEGY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ELEGY
Common questions about ELEGY
- Is ELEGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ELEGY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ELEGY worth?
- ELEGY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ELEGY mean?
- A poem of serious reflection, typically mourning the death of a particular person.
- What letters can be added to ELEGY?
- No single letter can be added to ELEGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ELEGY:
Open ELEGY in the Word Finder