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Is ellipse a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ellipse is a Scrabble US word. The word ellipse is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is ellipse a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ellipse is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Is ellipse a Words With Friends word?

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

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7-letter words (1 found)

ELLIPSE,

6-letter words (1 found)

EISELL,

5-letter words (21 found)

EISEL,ESILE,LEEPS,LIPES,LISLE,PEELS,PEISE,PELES,PELLS,PILES,PILLS,PLIES,SELLE,SLEEP,SLIPE,SPEEL,SPEIL,SPELL,SPIEL,SPILE,SPILL,

4-letter words (34 found)

EELS,ELLS,ELSE,ILLS,ISLE,LEEP,LEES,LEIS,LEPS,LIES,LIPE,LIPS,LISP,PEEL,PEES,PELE,PELL,PELS,PIES,PILE,PILL,PISE,PLIE,SEEL,SEEP,SEIL,SELE,SELL,SILE,SILL,SIPE,SLEE,SLIP,SPIE,

3-letter words (21 found)

EEL,ELL,ELS,ILL,LEE,LEI,LEP,LES,LIE,LIP,LIS,PEE,PEL,PES,PIE,PIS,PSI,SEE,SEI,SEL,SIP,

2-letter words (8 found)

EE,EL,ES,IS,LI,PE,PI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 87 words from ellipse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ellipse

ellipse

Etymology

From French ellipse. Doublet of ellipsis.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈlɪps/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈlɪps/, /əˈlɪps/, /iˈlɪps/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈlɪps/, /ɪˈlɪps/
  • Rhymes: -ɪps

Noun

ellipse (plural ellipses)

  1. (geometry) A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone.

Synonyms

  • oval (in non-technical use)

Derived terms

  • circle-ellipse problem

Translations

Verb

ellipse (third-person singular simple present ellipses, present participle ellipsing, simple past and past participle ellipsed)

  1. (grammar) To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.
    In B's response to A's question:- (A: Would you like to go out?, B: I'd love to), the words that are ellipsed are go out.

Related terms

See also

  • circle
  • conic section
  • hyperbola
  • parabola

Danish

Noun

ellipse c (singular definite ellipsen, plural indefinite ellipser)

  1. (geometry) ellipse
  2. (grammar, rhetoric, typography) ellipsis

Inflection

Further reading

  • “ellipse” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ellīpsis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.lips/

Noun

ellipse f (plural ellipses)

  1. (geometry) ellipse
  2. (grammar, rhetoric) ellipsis

Further reading

  • “ellipse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Noun

ellipse

  1. ablative singular of ellipsis

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ellipsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis).

Noun

ellipse m (definite singular ellipsen, indefinite plural ellipser, definite plural ellipsene)

  1. (geometry) an ellipse
  2. (grammar, rhetoric, typography) an ellipsis

Derived terms

  • superellipse

References

  • “ellipse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ellipsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis).

Noun

ellipse m (definite singular ellipsen, indefinite plural ellipsar, definite plural ellipsane)

  1. (geometry) an ellipse
  2. (grammar, rhetoric, typography) an ellipsis

Derived terms

  • superellipse

References

  • “ellipse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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