ELOCUTIONARY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ELOCUTIONARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ELOCUTIONARY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ELOCUTIONARY is to know. It scores 17 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ELOCUTIONARY
No single letter turns ELOCUTIONARY into another word.
How ELOCUTIONARY scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in ELOCUTIONARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ELOCUTIONARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ELOCUTIONARY
- ELOCUTIONARY contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ELOCUTIONARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Relating to the art of clear, expressive public speaking.
Elocutionary skill was once taught in schools, with pupils reciting poems aloud with careful diction and gesture. The adjective can also hint at a stagy, over-polished way of speaking. It belongs more to training in delivery than to the content of a speech.
How ELOCUTIONARY is used
Found in writing about speech, drama and rhetoric.
- Her elocutionary training showed in every sentence.
- He gave an elocutionary performance of the old ballad.
- The school ran elocutionary contests each spring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ELOCUTIONARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ELOCUTIONARY
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Common questions about ELOCUTIONARY
- Is ELOCUTIONARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ELOCUTIONARY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ELOCUTIONARY worth?
- ELOCUTIONARY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ELOCUTIONARY mean?
- Relating to the art of clear, expressive public speaking.
- What letters can be added to ELOCUTIONARY?
- No single letter can be added to ELOCUTIONARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of ELOCUTIONARY:
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