ILLUDE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ILLUDE 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 ILLUDE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ILLUDE is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ILLUDE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ILLUDE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ILLUDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does ILLUDE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To deceive or trick someone, especially by creating a false impression.
Illude comes from the same Latin root as illusion, and it describes the act of misleading someone by playing tricks on their senses or expectations rather than by outright lying. The word was more current in earlier English, when writers used it for deceiving, mocking, or raising and then disappointing someone's hopes, and it has since been almost entirely replaced by delude and deceive. Today illude appears mainly in older texts and in writing that deliberately reaches for archaic vocabulary.
How ILLUDE is used
An archaic and now rare verb for deceiving someone, met mainly in older literature rather than modern speech.
- The sorcerer sought to illude his enemies with false visions.
- Old writers used illude where we would now say deceive.
- The trickster hoped to illude the villagers with his disguise.
- She felt the magician had tried to illude the entire audience.
- The poem accuses fortune of trying to illude those who trust it too much.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ILLUDE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ILLUDE
The 6 tiles of ILLUDE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ILLUDE
2 longer words begin with ILLUDE.
Shorter words from the letters in ILLUDE
Common questions about ILLUDE
- Is ILLUDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ILLUDE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ILLUDE worth?
- ILLUDE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ILLUDE mean?
- To deceive or trick someone, especially by creating a false impression.
- What letters can be added to ILLUDE?
- ILLUDE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ILLUDE:
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