ELIDE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ELIDE 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 ELIDE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ELIDE is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 8.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ELIDE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ELIDE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ELIDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,922.
What stands out about ELIDE
- ELIDE 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 ELIDE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To leave out or suppress a sound, syllable, or word when speaking or writing, or more generally to merge two things together so that a distinction between them disappears.
Linguists use elide most precisely for the everyday habit of dropping a sound in rapid speech, as when many English speakers elide the middle syllable of a word like family, saying famly instead. Poets deliberately elide syllables too, shortening a line to fit a fixed meter without changing the words on the page. Beyond pronunciation, a writer can elide two arguments, two scenes, or two time periods by presenting them as though no gap separates them at all. Editors sometimes elide a lengthy quotation, marking the omission with an ellipsis so readers know that some of the original wording has been cut.
How ELIDE is used
Used in linguistics for dropped sounds in speech, and more broadly for merging or shortening something by leaving parts out.
- Fast speakers often elide entire syllables without noticing they do it.
- The poet elided a syllable to keep the line within the meter.
- The editor decided to elide the weaker middle section of the essay.
- Casual speech tends to elide sounds that formal speech keeps distinct.
- The film elides several years of the character's life in a single cut.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ELIDE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ELIDE
The 5 tiles of ELIDE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ELIDE
2 longer words begin with ELIDE.
Words ending in ELIDE
1 words end in ELIDE. Useful as a back hook: play ELIDE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ELIDE inside
5 words contain ELIDE in the middle. Words that start with ELIDE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ELIDE
Common questions about ELIDE
- Is ELIDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ELIDE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ELIDE worth?
- ELIDE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ELIDE mean?
- To leave out or suppress a sound, syllable, or word when speaking or writing, or more generally to merge two things together so that a distinction between them disappears.
- What letters can be added to ELIDE?
- ELIDE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ELIDE:
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