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5 Letter Words Starting With EL

There are 30 of them. The highest scoring is ELBOW at 10 points in Scrabble, and the set averages 6.8.

Common 5 Letter Words Starting With EL And What They Mean

The most familiar words on this page and what they mean. Tap any word for its full entry, score and anagrams.

  • ELITE noun a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
  • ELDER noun a person who is older than you are
  • ELECT verb select by a vote for an office or membership
  • ELBOW noun hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
  • ELVES noun an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources
  • ELAND noun either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes
  • ELANS noun form of ELAN: a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
  • ELATE verb fill with high spirits
  • ELEGY noun a mournful poem
  • ELEMI noun fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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