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What does elt mean? Is elt a Scrabble word?

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Is elt a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word elt is a Scrabble US word. The word elt is worth 3 points in Scrabble:

E1L1T1

Is elt a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word elt is a Scrabble UK word and has 3 points:

E1L1T1

Is elt a Words With Friends word?

The word elt is NOT a Words With Friends word.

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Valid words made from Elt

You can make 7 words from 'elt' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

3 letters words from 'elt'

ELT 3LET 3
TEL 3 

2 letters words from 'elt'

EL 2ET 2
TE 2 

All 3 letters words made out of elt

elt let etl tel lte tle

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

Definitions and meaning of elt

elt

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

Etymology 1

From Middle English elten, a borrowing from Old Norse elta (“to chase, hunt, knead”), from Proto-Germanic *alatjaną (“to drive, force, move”), from Proto-Indo-European *ela-, *el(ʷ)-, *lā- (“to drive, move, go”). Cognate with Danish ælte (“to knead”), Swedish älta (“to dwell upon, brood, stir, knead”), Norwegian elte (“to knead”), Norwegian elta (“to pursue, plod”), Icelandic elta (“to chase”).

Verb

elt (third-person singular simple present elts, present participle elting, simple past and past participle elted)

  1. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To injure (anything) by rough handling; handle roughly.
  2. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To begrime; soil with mud; daub; smear.
  3. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To work persistently or laboriously; be occupied in working (e.g. in the earth, rake among dirt, etc.).
  4. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To meddle; interfere.
  5. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To knead dough; stir dough previously kneaded to a proper consistency before baking.
  6. (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To become soft; become moist, as damp earth.

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

elt (plural elts)

  1. (mathematics, computing) Abbreviation of element.

Anagrams

  • -let, ETL, LTE, TEL, TLE, Tel., let, tel

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

elt

  1. imperative of elte

Source: wiktionary.org
  • a young sow.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)