ELF is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ELF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ELF?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ELF is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ELF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ELF scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ELF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does ELF mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small supernatural being of folklore.
In the older stories an elf is dangerous rather than charming: they steal children, cause illness and are not to be named directly. The friendly version is Victorian, and the tall serious kind belongs to one twentieth-century author and to everybody who came after him.
How ELF is used
Countable: an elf, two elves.
- An elf in the older tales is something to be avoided.
- The friendly elf is a Victorian invention.
- Illness was blamed on an elf for a thousand years.
- An elf on a Christmas card owes nothing at all to folklore.
- The tall solemn elf comes from one author.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ELF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ELF
17 longer words begin with ELF.
Words ending in ELF
22 words end in ELF. Useful as a back hook: play ELF onto a word already on the board.
Words with ELF inside
Showing 24 of 110 words that contain ELF somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ELF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ELF
Common questions about ELF
- Is ELF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ELF, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ELF worth?
- ELF is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ELF mean?
- A small supernatural being of folklore.
- What letters can be added to ELF?
- ELF takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ELF:
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