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Is eligible a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word eligible is a Scrabble US word. The word eligible is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

E1L1I1G2I1B3L1E1

Is eligible a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word eligible is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

E1L1I1G2I1B3L1E1

Is eligible a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word eligible is a Words With Friends word. The word eligible is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

E1L2I1G3I1B4L2E1

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8-letter words (1 found)

ELIGIBLE,

7-letter words (1 found)

LEGIBLE,

6-letter words (3 found)

BEIGEL,BILLIE,GILLIE,

5-letter words (9 found)

BEIGE,BELIE,BELLE,BILGE,GIBEL,GIBLI,GLEBE,LIBEL,LIEGE,

4-letter words (9 found)

BELL,BILE,BILL,BLEE,GIBE,GILL,GLEE,GLEI,GLIB,

3-letter words (17 found)

BEE,BEG,BEL,BIG,EEL,ELL,GEE,GEL,GIB,GIE,ILL,LEE,LEG,LEI,LIB,LIE,LIG,

2-letter words (6 found)

BE,BI,EE,EL,GI,LI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 47 words from eligible according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of eligible

eligible

Etymology

From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ēligō (“select, choose”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛl.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈel.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/

Adjective

eligible (comparative more eligible, superlative most eligible)

  1. Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something
  2. Worthy of being chosen (for marriage).

Usage notes

Used in the phrase eligible bachelor to mean “desirable male”, the corresponding term for a woman is nubile.

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See also

  • illegible

Noun

eligible (plural eligibles)

  1. One who is eligible.

Translations

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin eligibilis.

Adjective

eligible m or f (plural eligibles)

  1. choosable; selectable (that one can choose)

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (eligible, supplement)

Source: wiktionary.org