Elegy in Scrabble and Meaning

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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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5-letter words (1 found)

ELEGY,

4-letter words (3 found)

EELY,GLEE,GLEY,

3-letter words (9 found)

EEL,EYE,GEE,GEL,GEY,LEE,LEG,LEY,LYE,

2-letter words (3 found)

EE,EL,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 17 words from elegy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of elegy

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Definitions and meaning of elegy

elegy

Etymology

From Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā), ellipsis of ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή (elegeíā ōidḗ, an elegiac song).

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɛlɪd͡ʒi/
  • Hyphenation: el‧e‧gy

Noun

elegy (plural elegies)

  1. A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation. [from early 16th c.]
  2. (music) A composition of mournful character.
  3. A classical poem written in elegiac meter

Usage notes

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").

Synonyms

  • See dirge

Coordinate terms

  • requiem – a piece of music played at a mass for the dead

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Translations

Anagrams

  • lyege

Source: wiktionary.org