ELUDE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ELUDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ELUDE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ELUDE is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ELUDE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ELUDE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ELUDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,824.
What stands out about ELUDE
- ELUDE 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 ELUDE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To escape or avoid someone or something, especially through skill, cunning, or quick action, or to fail to be grasped, achieved, or remembered despite effort.
A fugitive who manages to elude the police for weeks usually relies on quick thinking and a good deal of luck rather than brute force. The word extends easily beyond physical escape: a solution can elude a team of scientists for years, and a name can elude someone who is certain they should remember it. Elude differs from evade mainly in emphasis, since evade often stresses avoiding an obligation or a direct confrontation, while elude highlights the idea of narrowly escaping notice or capture. Writers also use elude to describe experiences that resist tidy description, saying that a feeling or a memory continues to elude exact words.
How ELUDE is used
Common in both everyday and formal writing, used for physical escape and for ideas, memories, or goals that remain out of reach.
- The suspect managed to elude police for nearly three days.
- A cure for the disease continued to elude researchers for decades.
- Her name seemed to elude him every time he tried to recall it.
- The rabbit eluded the fox by darting into a narrow gap in the fence.
- Lasting success continued to elude the small company despite years of hard work.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ELUDE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ELUDE
4 longer words begin with ELUDE.
Words ending in ELUDE
2 words end in ELUDE. Useful as a back hook: play ELUDE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ELUDE inside
9 words contain ELUDE in the middle. Words that start with ELUDE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ELUDE
Common questions about ELUDE
- Is ELUDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ELUDE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ELUDE worth?
- ELUDE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ELUDE mean?
- To escape or avoid someone or something, especially through skill, cunning, or quick action, or to fail to be grasped, achieved, or remembered despite effort.
- What letters can be added to ELUDE?
- ELUDE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ELUDE:
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