Is ELLIPSE a word?
ELLIPSE is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, ELLIPSE is a valid word.
What does ellipse mean?
noun: a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it.
“the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
ELLIPSE: word details
- Pronunciation: ih-LIHPS (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 9 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside ellipse
Words you can make from the letters of ellipse.
Solve a whole rack, not just ELLIPSE
ELLIPSE is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does ELLIPSE mean?
ELLIPSE is a noun. It means: a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it.
Is ELLIPSE a valid word?
Yes, ELLIPSE is a valid word. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.