elite: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 5 letter points · starts with E · ends with E
Meaning of elite
adj
Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
Representing the choicest or most select of a group.
Listed forms: eliter, elitest.
Source: Wiktionary — elite.
noun
A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group.
Example: constituting an elite
An individual member of such a group.
Someone who is among the best at a certain task.
A typeface with 12 characters per inch.
Listed forms: elites.
Source: Wiktionary — elite.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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adjective
selected as the best
noun
a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
- elite group
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is elite in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of elite
E(1) + L(1) + I(1) + T(1) + E(1) = 5 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of elite
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from elite
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