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Is elbow a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word elbow is a Scrabble US word. The word elbow is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is elbow a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word elbow is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Is elbow a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word elbow is a Words With Friends word. The word elbow is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (3 found)

BELOW,BOWEL,ELBOW,

4-letter words (6 found)

BLEW,BLOW,BOLE,BOWL,LOBE,LOWE,

3-letter words (11 found)

BEL,BOW,LEW,LOB,LOW,OBE,OLE,OWE,OWL,WEB,WOE,

2-letter words (10 found)

BE,BO,EL,EW,LO,OB,OE,OW,WE,WO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 31 words from elbow according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of elbow

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Definitions and meaning of elbow

elbow

Etymology

From Middle English elbowe, from Old English elboga, elnboga (“elbow”), from Proto-Germanic *alinabugô (“elbow”), equivalent to ell +‎ bow. Cognate with Scots elbuck (“elbow”), Saterland Frisian Älbooge (“elbow”), Dutch elleboog (“elbow”), Low German Ellebage (“elbow”), German Ellbogen, Ellenbogen (“elbow”), Danish albue (“elbow”), Icelandic olbogi, olnbogi (“elbow”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛlbəʊ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛlboʊ/, [ˈɛɫboʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛlbəʊ, -ɛlboʊ
  • Hyphenation: el‧bow

Noun

elbow (plural elbows)

  2. (anatomy) The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
    Synonym: elbow joint
  3. (by extension) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.
  4. (US, dated, early 20th-century slang) A detective.
  5. (basketball) Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane.
  6. A hit with the elbow.
  7. (knots) Two nearby crossings of a rope.

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Verb

elbow (third-person singular simple present elbows, present participle elbowing, simple past and past participle elbowed)

  1. (transitive) To push with the elbow or elbows; to forge ahead using the elbows to assist.
  2. To strike with the elbow.
  3. To nudge, jostle or push.
  4. (informal, with "out" or "aside") To force (someone) to quit or lose their job so that someone else can be hired.

Derived terms

  • elbower

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Parts of the knot

References

Anagrams

  • Below, Blowe, Lebow, below, blowe, bowel, bowle

Middle English

Noun

elbow

  1. Alternative form of elbowe

Source: wiktionary.org