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Is allude a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word allude is a Scrabble US word. The word allude is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is allude a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word allude is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

A1L1L1U1D2E1

Is allude a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word allude is a Words With Friends word. The word allude is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1L2L2U2D2E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

ALLUDE,ALUDEL,

5-letter words (2 found)

DALLE,LADLE,

4-letter words (15 found)

AULD,DALE,DEAL,DELL,DUAL,DUEL,DULE,DULL,LADE,LAUD,LEAD,LEAL,LEUD,LUDE,UDAL,

3-letter words (17 found)

ALE,ALL,ALU,AUE,DAE,DAL,DEL,DUE,EAU,ELD,ELL,LAD,LEA,LED,LEU,LUD,ULE,

2-letter words (9 found)

AD,AE,AL,DA,DE,EA,ED,EL,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 46 words from allude according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of allude

allude

Etymology

From Middle French alluder, from Latin alludere (“to play with or allude”), from ad + ludere (“to play”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈluːd/
  • Rhymes: -uːd

Verb

allude (third-person singular simple present alludes, present participle alluding, simple past and past participle alluded)

  1. (intransitive) to refer to something indirectly or by suggestion
    • 1597, Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, Book V, Chapter xxix.3, 1841 ed., page 523:
      These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:allude

Derived terms

Related terms

  • collude
  • delude
  • elude
  • illude

Translations

See also

  • hark back
  • hearken back

References

  • “allude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “allude”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • aludel

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈlu.de/
  • Rhymes: -ude
  • Hyphenation: al‧lù‧de

Verb

allude

  1. third-person singular present indicative of alludere

Anagrams

  • duella

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈluː.de/, [älˈlʲuːd̪ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈlu.de/, [älˈluːd̪e]

Verb

allūde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of allūdō

Source: wiktionary.org