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elucidate

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Is elucidate a Scrabble word?

Yes, elucidate is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of elucidate?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (obsolete) To make (something) lucid (“bright, luminous; also, clear, transparent”).obsoletetransitive

2. (figurative) To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.Examples: "Let me hear vvhat your ovvn conceptions are of the matter, if they tend to elucidate or reconcile."; "Dining at Mr. [Samuel] Pepys's, Dr. Slayer shewed us an experiment of a wonderful nature, […] This matter or phosphorus was made out of human blood and urine, elucidating the vital flame or heate in animal bodys."; "The antiquities of France have been elucidated by a learned and ingenious people: […]"Synonyms: explain, explicatefigurativelytransitive

adj (English)

1. (obsolete) Clear, understandable.Examples: "There vvas not a greater Maſter of Perſpicuity, and elucidate Diſtinctions; vvhich look'd the better in his [John Williams'] Engliſh, that ran ſvveet upon his Tongue, eſpecially being ſet out vvith a graceful Facetiouſneſs, that hit the joint of the Matter: For his VVit, and his Judgment, never parted."Synonyms: apparent, arrant, undoubted, glaring, bait, blatant, clear, clear as a bellAntonyms: translucent, transparent, turbidobsoletetransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "elucidate"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "elucidate"?

Scrabble
12 points
E1
L1
U1
C3
I1
D2
A1
T1
E1
Words With Friends
15 points
E1
L2
U2
C4
I1
D2
A1
T1
E1

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