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Is entelechy a Scrabble word?

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

E1N1T1E1L1E1C3H4Y4

Is entelechy a Scrabble UK word?

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

E1N1T1E1L1E1C3H4Y4

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Yes. The word entelechy is a Words With Friends word. The word entelechy is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

ENTELECHY,

8-letter words (1 found)

ETHYLENE,

7-letter words (1 found)

LYNCHET,

6-letter words (10 found)

CHENET,ELCHEE,ELENCH,ETHENE,ETHYNE,EYELET,HENLEY,LETHEE,LYCHEE,THENCE,

5-letter words (19 found)

CETYL,CHYLE,CTENE,ELECT,ETHNE,ETHYL,HENCE,LEECH,LETCH,LETHE,LYCEE,LYNCH,LYTHE,NEELE,TECHY,TEENE,TEENY,TENCH,YENTE,

4-letter words (39 found)

CELT,CENT,CETE,CYTE,ECHE,ECHT,EECH,EELY,ETCH,ETEN,ETHE,EYEN,EYNE,HEEL,HELE,HENT,HETE,HYEN,HYLE,HYTE,LECH,LEET,LENT,LYCH,LYNE,LYTE,NETE,TECH,TEEL,TEEN,TELE,TENE,THEE,THEN,THEY,TYEE,TYNE,YECH,YELT,

3-letter words (33 found)

CEE,CEL,CHE,CLY,ECH,EEL,EEN,ELT,ENE,ETH,EYE,HEN,HET,HEY,HYE,LEE,LET,LEY,LYE,NEE,NET,NTH,NYE,TEC,TEE,TEL,TEN,THE,THY,TYE,YEH,YEN,YET,

2-letter words (11 found)

CH,EE,EH,EL,EN,ET,HE,NE,NY,TE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 116 words from entelechy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of entelechy

entelechy

Alternative forms

  • entelech, entelechia, entelechie

Etymology

From Late Latin entelechia, from Ancient Greek ἐντελέχεια (entelékheia), coined by Aristotle from ἐντελής (entelḗs, “complete, finished, perfect”) (from τέλος (télos, “end, fruition, accomplishment”)) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to have”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛnˈtɛləki/
  • Hyphenation: en‧tel‧e‧chy

Noun

entelechy (plural entelechies)

  1. (Aristotelian metaphysics) The complete realisation and final form of some potential concept or function; the conditions under which a potential thing becomes actualized.
    1. (specifically) In the metaphysics of Aristotle (384–322 B.C.E.) and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716): a soul; a monad (Leibniz).
      • , II.12:
        Aristotle […] calleth it [the soul] Entelechy, or perfection moving of it selfe (as cold an invention as any other) for he neither speaketh of the essence, nor of the beginning, nor of the soules nature; but onely noteth the effects of it  […].
  2. (chiefly philosophy) A particular type of motivation, need for self-determination, and inner strength directing life and growth to become all one is capable of being; the need to actualize one's beliefs; having both a personal vision and the ability to actualize that vision from within.

Quotations

  • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:entelechy.

Related terms

  • entelechial
  • entelechially

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Further reading

  • “entelechy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • entelechy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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