ELOIGN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ELOIGN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ELOIGN?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ELOIGN is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ELOIGN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
eloignsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ELOIGN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ELOIGN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,162.
What does ELOIGN mean in Scrabble?
verb
legalarchaic
To remove oneself, another person, or property to a distance, especially in order to place it beyond the reach of a law court.
Eloign comes from the Anglo-Norman word esloigner, meaning to put at a distance, and English law borrowed it for anyone who slips out of a court's jurisdiction. A debtor who moves assets abroad before a judgment is often said to eloign them, and old writs warned witnesses against any attempt to eloign themselves from a summons. The word still appears in legal glossaries and case law even though everyday speech long ago settled on plainer verbs like remove or flee.
How ELOIGN is used
Chiefly a legal term, used of people or property deliberately placed beyond a court's reach rather than in ordinary conversation.
- The debtor tried to eloign his savings before the sheriff arrived.
- Lawyers argued that the defendant had eloigned the stolen jewels across the border.
- A witness who attempts to eloign himself from a subpoena risks contempt of court.
- Old writs cautioned tenants against any scheme to eloign property under dispute.
- She was accused of helping her brother eloign himself from the reach of the law.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ELOIGN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ELOIGN
The 6 tiles of ELOIGN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ELOIGN
7 longer words begin with ELOIGN.
Shorter words from the letters in ELOIGN
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Common questions about ELOIGN
- Is ELOIGN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ELOIGN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ELOIGN worth?
- ELOIGN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ELOIGN mean?
- To remove oneself, another person, or property to a distance, especially in order to place it beyond the reach of a law court.
- What letters can be added to ELOIGN?
- ELOIGN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ELOIGN:
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