Definitions for eludes

eludes e·lude

Spelling: [ih-lood]
IPA: /ɪˈlud/

Eludes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in eludes (deelsu).

Definitions for eludes

verb (used with object)

  1. to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade: Synonyms: shun, dodge.
  2. to escape the understanding, perception, or appreciation of:

Origin of eludes

1530-40; Latin ēlūdere to deceive, evade, equivalent to ē- e-1 + lūdere to play, deceive

Examples for eludes

But there is that in it which eludes me, which I seek and cannot find.

Of a retiring nature, he eludes both hunters and philosophers.

How will he despise what he can grasp, for the sake of the dim glory that eludes him!

He made the kind of personal style statement that eludes most men.

Loeb, a yoga-practicing surfer and fitness nut, possesses the kind of certainty that eludes many of his elders.

What eludes investigators is what triggered the short circuit.

I have tried to recall the time and place ever since I saw you last night; but it eludes me.

The most important challenge we face today, fixing our economy, is another crisis that eludes any quick fix.

Perhaps this is the real scandal that eludes Professor Troy.

She is a coy maid, and ever eludes her flattering followers.

Word Value for eludes
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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