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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

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3-letter words (3 found)

ELT,LET,TEL,

2-letter words (3 found)

EL,ET,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 7 words from elt according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of elt

elt

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

Etymology 1

From Middle English elten (to mold, knead, work), from Old Norse elta (to chase, hunt, knead), from Proto-Germanic *alatjaną (to drive, force, move), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- (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