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Is eloquent a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word eloquent is a Scrabble US word. The word eloquent is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

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Is eloquent a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word eloquent is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

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Is eloquent a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word eloquent is a Words With Friends word. The word eloquent is worth 20 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

ELOQUENT,

7-letter words (1 found)

TOLUENE,

6-letter words (1 found)

ELUENT,

5-letter words (11 found)

ELUTE,LENTO,LEONE,LUNET,NOULE,OLENT,QUEEN,QUOTE,TENUE,TOQUE,UNLET,

4-letter words (29 found)

ENOL,ETEN,LEET,LENO,LENT,LONE,LOTE,LOUN,LOUT,LUNE,LUNT,LUTE,NETE,NOEL,NOLE,NOTE,NOUL,NOUT,TEEL,TEEN,TELE,TENE,TOLE,TOLU,TONE,TOUN,TULE,TUNE,UNTO,

3-letter words (26 found)

EEL,EEN,ELT,ENE,EON,LEE,LET,LEU,LOT,LOU,LUN,NEE,NET,NOT,NUT,OLE,ONE,OUT,TEE,TEL,TEN,TOE,TON,TUN,ULE,UTE,

2-letter words (15 found)

EE,EL,EN,ET,LO,NE,NO,NU,OE,ON,OU,TE,TO,UN,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 85 words from eloquent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of eloquent

eloquent

Etymology

From Old French eloquent, from Latin eloquens (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of eloquor (“to speak out”), from e (“out”) + loquor (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/

Adjective

eloquent (comparative more eloquent, superlative most eloquent)

  1. Fluently persuasive and articulate.
    Synonyms: articulate, well-spoken
  2. Effective in expressing meaning by speech.
  3. (medicine) Relating to areas in the brain that serve an identifiable neurological function, in which injury leads to focal deficits or disability.

Usage notes

Eloquent expresses stronger praise than do articulate or well-spoken.

Derived terms

  • eloquate
  • eloquently

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

  • “eloquent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “eloquent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French éloquent, from Latin ēloquēns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌeː.loːˈkʋɛnt/
  • Hyphenation: e‧lo‧quent
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective

eloquent (comparative eloquenter, superlative eloquentst)

  1. eloquent

Inflection

Synonyms

  • bespraakt (uncommon)
  • welbespraakt
  • welsprekend

Related terms

  • elocutie
  • eloquentie

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

eloquent (strong nominative masculine singular eloquenter, comparative eloquenter, superlative am eloquentesten)

  1. eloquent
    Synonym: redegewandt

Declension

Related terms

  • Eloquenz

Further reading

  • “eloquent” in Duden online
  • “eloquent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French eloquent, from Latin eloquens (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of eloqui (“to speak out”), from e (“out”) + loqui (“to speak”).

Adjective

eloquent m (feminine singular eloquente, masculine plural eloquents, feminine plural eloquentes)

  1. eloquent

Related terms

  • eloquence

Source: wiktionary.org