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Yes. The word echelon is a Scrabble US word. The word echelon is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is echelon a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word echelon is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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7-letter words (2 found)

CHELONE,ECHELON,

6-letter words (2 found)

ELENCH,NOCHEL,

5-letter words (6 found)

CLONE,COHEN,HENCE,LEECH,LEONE,LOCHE,

4-letter words (21 found)

CHON,CLON,COLE,CONE,ECHE,ECHO,EECH,ENOL,HEEL,HELE,HELO,HOLE,HONE,LECH,LENO,LOCH,LONE,NOEL,NOLE,OCHE,ONCE,

3-letter words (21 found)

CEE,CEL,CHE,COL,CON,ECH,ECO,EEL,EEN,ENE,EON,HEN,HOC,HOE,HON,LEE,NEE,NOH,OCH,OLE,ONE,

2-letter words (13 found)

CH,EE,EH,EL,EN,HE,HO,LO,NE,NO,OE,OH,ON,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 66 words from echelon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of echelon

echelon

Etymology

Borrowed from French échelon (“rung; echelon”), from échelle (“ladder”) + -on (“suffix forming diminutives”). Échelle is derived from Latin scāla (“ladder”), from scandō (“to ascend, climb”), from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛʃ.ə.lɒn/, /ˈeɪ-/, IPA(key): /ˈɛk.ə.lɒn/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛʃ.əˌlɑn/
  • Hyphenation: ech‧e‧lon

Noun

echelon (plural echelons)

  1. A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
  2. (cycling) A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.
  3. (military) A formation of troops, ships, etc., in diagonal parallel rows. [from late 18th c.]

Alternative forms

  • échelon

Derived terms

  • echelon form
  • echelon lens
  • echelon parking
  • rear echelon

Related terms

  • en echelon

Translations

Verb

echelon (third-person singular simple present echelons, present participle echeloning, simple past and past participle echeloned)

  1. (transitive, military) To form troops into an echelon.

Translations

Adjective

echelon (not comparable)

  1. (linear algebra) Of a matrix: having undergone Gaussian elimination with the result that the leading coefficient or pivot (that is, the first nonzero number from the left) of a nonzero row is to the right of the pivot of the row above it, giving rise to a stepped appearance in the matrix.

Further reading

  • echelon (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • echelon formation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • row echelon form on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Chelone, chelone

Source: wiktionary.org