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Is else a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word else is a Scrabble US word. The word else is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

E1L1S1E1

Is else a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word else is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

E1L1S1E1

Is else a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word else is a Words With Friends word. The word else is worth 5 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (6 found)

EELS,ELSE,LEES,SEEL,SELE,SLEE,

3-letter words (6 found)

EEL,ELS,LEE,LES,SEE,SEL,

2-letter words (3 found)

EE,EL,ES,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 16 words from else according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of else

else lese esle sele lsee slee eles lees eels eels lees eles esel seel eesl eesl seel esel lsee slee lese else sele esle

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word else. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in else.

Definitions and meaning of else

else

Etymology

From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, from *h₂el- (“other”).

Cognate with Old Frisian elles (“other”), Old High German elles, ellies (“other”), Danish eller (“or”), Danish ellers (“otherwise”), Swedish eljes, eljest (“or else, otherwise”), Norwegian elles (“else, otherwise”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis, “other”), Latin alius (“other, another”), Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos), Arcadocypriot αἶλος (aîlos), modern Greek αλλιώς (alliós, “otherwise, else”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ɛls/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ɛlts/
  • Rhymes: -ɛls

Adjective

else (not comparable)

  1. (postpositive, used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.

Usage notes

  • This adjective usually follows an indefinite or interrogative pronoun, as in the examples above. In other cases, the adjective other is typically used.

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Adverb

else (not comparable)

  1. (usually follows interrogative adverbs) Otherwise, if not.

Usage notes

  • (otherwise): This word frequently follows interrogative adverbs, such as how, why, and when, as well as the derived however, whyever, and whenever.

Synonyms

  • otherwise

Derived terms

  • or else

Translations

Conjunction

else

  1. For otherwise; or else.

Derived terms

  • if-then-else

Translations

See also

  • and
  • if
  • not
  • or
  • then

Anagrams

  • EELS, ELEs, Lees, Slee, eels, l'ees, lees, lese, seel, sele

Italian

Noun

else f

  1. plural of elsa

Anagrams

  • Sele, lese

Source: wiktionary.org