ELOPE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ELOPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ELOPE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ELOPE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ELOPE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ELOPE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ELOPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,824.
What stands out about ELOPE
- ELOPE 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 ELOPE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To run away secretly, especially in order to get married without waiting for family approval.
Couples who elope usually leave home quietly and marry somewhere else, often skipping the large ceremony, guest list, and expense that a traditional wedding would involve. The choice to elope can come from a wish for privacy, from parents who oppose the match, or simply from a preference for something smaller and faster. Older uses of elope also described a wife leaving her husband for another man, a sense that has largely faded from modern English. Today the word almost always points to a hurried, private marriage rather than to leaving in general.
How ELOPE is used
Common in everyday speech and in news or fiction whenever a couple marries suddenly and without a formal wedding.
- The young couple decided to elope rather than plan a big wedding.
- Her parents were shocked to learn that she had eloped.
- They chose to elope to a small chapel in the mountains.
- Friends suspected the pair might elope after such a short engagement.
- The novel follows two lovers who elope against their families' wishes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ELOPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ELOPE
6 longer words begin with ELOPE.
Words ending in ELOPE
5 words end in ELOPE. Useful as a back hook: play ELOPE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ELOPE inside
Showing 24 of 25 words that contain ELOPE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ELOPE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ELOPE
Common questions about ELOPE
- Is ELOPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ELOPE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ELOPE worth?
- ELOPE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ELOPE mean?
- To run away secretly, especially in order to get married without waiting for family approval.
- What letters can be added to ELOPE?
- ELOPE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ELOPE:
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