Definitions for eldritch

eldritch el·dritch

Spelling: [el-drich]
IPA: /ˈɛl drɪtʃ/

Eldritch is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 306 anagrams from letters in eldritch (cdehilrt).

Definitions for eldritch

adjective

  1. eerie; weird; spooky.

Origin of eldritch

1500-10; earlier elrich, equivalent to Old English el- foreign, strange, uncanny (see else) + rīce kingdom (see rich); hence “of a strange co

Examples for eldritch

Berwin gave a kind of eldritch shriek and stepped back a pace, as though to place himself on his guard.

The brothers had hardly crossed the threshold of the house when an eldritch scream rang through the lofty hall.

And the wind burst upon us again, catching my empty denial and tossing the words to upper air with eldritch laughter.

It is hardly possible to exaggerate the weird fascination and eldritch charm of this once dreaded, ill-omened place.

Jacky, with her eldritch voice, had attempted to sing Bessie Bell in her honor—and to leave it all!

And the woman, whose voice had risen to a kind of eldritch sing-song, turned with a skip, and was gone.

John had a whip in his hand, with which he lashed the water furiously, and uttered his eldritch shrieks.

She broke off, and shuddered violently, then burst into eldritch laughter.

And the wizened little face, with its eldritch eyes and tangled hair, was withdrawn, and the door began to close.

Before they had gone far an eldritch shout of laughter was responded to by a burst of furious dismay and imprecation.

Word Value for eldritch
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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