The word elance is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • elance v. (Transitive, archaic) To throw like a lance; to hurl.
  • (In French) élance v. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de élancer.
  • (In French) élance v. Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de élancer.

10 valid words from 3 definitions

ARCHAIC DE HURL LANCE LIKE PREMIERE PRESENT THROW TO TRANSITIVE

6 invalid words from 3 definitions

DU ELANCER INDICATIF PERSONNE SINGULIER TROISIEME

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AN ANCE EL ELAN LA LANCE

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AL ALE NA

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

ENLACE

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

GLANCE

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

LANCE

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

ELANCED ELANCES

4 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

FREELANCED FREELANCER FREELANCES FREELANCERS

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

FREELANCE

15 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A ANELACE
+C CENACLE
+D CLEANED ELANCED ENLACED
+L NACELLE
+R CLEANER RECLEAN
+S CLEANSE ELANCES ENLACES SCALENE
+T LATENCE
+V ENCLAVE VALENCE

4 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-C ANELE
-E ANCLE CLEAN LANCE

Scrabble scoring

  • 8 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 1320 chance (0.08%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 5973 chance (0.02%).

Other languages

Category without words

  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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