How many points in Scrabble is elegy worth? elegy how many points in Words With Friends? What does elegy mean? Get all these answers on this page.
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Is elegy a Scrabble word?
Yes. The word elegy is a Scrabble US word. The word elegy is worth 9 points in Scrabble:
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Is elegy a Scrabble UK word?
Yes. The word elegy is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:
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Is elegy a Words With Friends word?
Yes. The word elegy is a Words With Friends word. The word elegy is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):
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You can make 17 words from elegy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word elegy. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in elegy.
From Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā), ellipsis of ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή (elegeíā ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”).
elegy (plural elegies)
Because the words elegy and eulogy sound and look similar and both concern speeches or poems associated with someone's death and funeral, they are easily confused. A simple key to remembering the difference is that an elegy is chiefly about lamenting whereas a eulogy is chiefly about praising (and eu- = "good").