ELIDIBLE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ELIDIBLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ELIDIBLE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ELIDIBLE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ELIDIBLE
No single letter turns ELIDIBLE into another word.
How ELIDIBLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ELIDIBLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ELIDIBLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ELIDIBLE
- ELIDIBLE 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 ELIDIBLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Capable of being omitted or run together, as a sound or syllable in speech or verse.
An elidible vowel is one that a speaker may drop before another vowel without confusing the listener. Metrists check whether a syllable is elidible when scanning a line.
How ELIDIBLE is used
Linguistic and prosody term.
- The final vowel is elidible before a vowel.
- Not every elidible sound is dropped in speech.
- The poet relied on an elidible syllable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ELIDIBLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ELIDIBLE
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Common questions about ELIDIBLE
- Is ELIDIBLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ELIDIBLE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ELIDIBLE worth?
- ELIDIBLE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ELIDIBLE mean?
- Capable of being omitted or run together, as a sound or syllable in speech or verse.
- What letters can be added to ELIDIBLE?
- No single letter can be added to ELIDIBLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ELIDIBLE:
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