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ellis

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈɛ.lɪs/
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/ˈɛ.lɪs/ · /ˈɛ.ləs/

Definition of ellis

13 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)An English surname originating as a patronymic from Elis, the Middle English form of Elijah.
    “Trump campaign adviser Jenna Ellis intentionally misgendered Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine, a transgender woman, on Twitter early Monday morning.”
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name

  1. (countable, uncountable)An English surname originating as a patronymic from Elis, the Middle English form of Elijah.
    “Trump campaign adviser Jenna Ellis intentionally misgendered Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine, a transgender woman, on Twitter early Monday morning.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic] and A male given name from Welsh, an anglicization of Elisedd.
  3. (countable, uncountable)A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
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Etymology

* As an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Elis, an Old French form of Elias. Compare Elijah, Lias, Ely. Also sometimes from the Elice, a pet form of Elizabeth. * As a Welsh surname, shortened from the personal name Elisse, Elisedd, from the archaic elus (“benevolent, kind”).

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