ELICIT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ELICIT 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 ELICIT?
| 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 ELICIT is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ELICIT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
elicitsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ELICIT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ELICIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does ELICIT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To draw out a response, answer, or reaction from someone.
Elicit is used when information, an emotion or a reaction is coaxed out rather than given freely, as when a careful question elicits an honest answer that a blunt one would not. It often appears in writing about teaching, research and negotiation, where drawing out a genuine response matters more than simply asking. The word is sometimes confused with illicit, an adjective meaning forbidden, even though the two are unrelated in meaning and pronunciation. Elicit always implies that something latent was brought into the open by careful effort.
How ELICIT is used
Fairly formal; common in academic, legal and professional writing about questioning or provoking a response.
- The lawyer's question was designed to elicit a contradiction.
- Good teachers know how to elicit answers rather than simply give them.
- The survey aimed to elicit honest opinions about the new policy.
- Her calm tone helped elicit the child's version of events.
- The experiment tried to elicit a reflex response from the subjects.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ELICIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ELICIT
8 longer words begin with ELICIT.
Shorter words from the letters in ELICIT
Common questions about ELICIT
- Is ELICIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ELICIT, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ELICIT worth?
- ELICIT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ELICIT mean?
- To draw out a response, answer, or reaction from someone.
- What letters can be added to ELICIT?
- ELICIT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ELICIT:
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