The word elude is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • elude v. (Transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
  • elude v. (Transitive) To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip.
  • elude v. (Transitive) To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to.

22 valid words from 3 definitions

BE BEING BY CUNNING ESCAPE ESPECIALLY EVADE FROM GIVE OFF OR PURSUER SHAKE SKILL SLIP SOMEONE SOMETHING THE TO TRANSITIVE UNDERSTANDABLE USING

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

INCOMPREHENSIBLE

4 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

DE EL LUD LUDE

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

DULE ED ULE

5 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

BLUDE ELIDE ELUTE ETUDE EXUDE

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

LUDE

4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

ELUDED ELUDER ELUDES ELUDERS

9 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

DELUDED DELUDER DELUDES DELUDERS PRELUDED PRELUDER PRELUDES PRELUDERS UNDELUDED

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

DELUDE PRELUDE

14 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+D DELUDE DUELED ELUDED
+F DEFUEL FUELED
+G DELUGE
+M EMULED
+R DUELER ELUDER
+S ELUDES LEUDES
+T ELUTED TELEDU
+X DELUXE

7 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-E DUEL DULE LEUD LUDE
-U DELE LEDE LEED

Scrabble scoring

  • 6 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 229 chance (0.44%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 849 chance (0.12%).

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Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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