ELDER — 5 letter word
elder
The word elder has 5 letters: E, L, D, E, R. It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Elder has 1 anagram: lered. As a adjective, it means "used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son".
5 letter word "elder": E L D E R — adjective
Scrabble score: 6 Words With Friends score: 7
Letter analysis of elder
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| E | 2 | Vowel | 1 |
| L | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| D | 1 | Consonant | 2 |
| R | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
2 vowels, 3 consonants, 4 unique letters
Definition of elder
adjective
- used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son Synonyms: older
noun
- a person who is older than you are Synonyms: senior
- any of various church officers
- any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit Synonyms: elderberry bush
Anagrams of elder(1)
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