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ELFIN

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What ELFIN Means

  1. adjective: suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness“thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning”
  2. adjective: small and delicate“she was an elfin creature, graceful and delicate”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ELFIN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 L1 F4 I1 N1.

Words Made From The Letters In ELFIN

29 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (10)

3 letter words (11)

2 letter words (8)

Longer Words Containing ELFIN

ELFIN appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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