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There are 20 five-letter words containing ELI

BELIE	• belie v. (Transitive, obsolete) To lie around; encompass. • belie v. (Transitive, obsolete, of an army) To surround; beleaguer. • belie v. (Transitive, archaic) To tell lies about.
DELIS	• delis n. Plural of deli. • DELI n. (short for) a delicatessen, also DELLY.
ELIAD	• ELIAD n. (Shakespeare) an amorous glance, also OEILLADE, EYELIAD, EYLIAD, ILLIAD.
ELIDE	• elide v. To leave out or omit (something). • elide v. (Linguistics) To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable. • elide v. To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.
ELINT	• ELINT n. (Espionage) Abbreviation of electronic intelligence. • ELINT n. (short for) electronic intelligence.
ELITE	• elite adj. Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician. • elite adj. Representing the choicest or most select of a group. • elite n. A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status…
FELID	• felid n. (Zoology) Any member of the cat family (Felidae). • FELID n. (Latin) a member of the cat family, also FELINE.
GELID	• gelid adj. Very cold; icy or frosty. • GELID adj. extremely cold, icy.
HELIO	• helio n. A heliotrope (surveying instrument). • helio- pref. Concerning the sun. • HELIO n. a signalling mirror.
HELIX	• helix n. (Mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular… • helix n. (Architecture) A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital. • helix n. (Anatomy) The incurved rim of the external ear.
KELIM	• kelim n. Alternative spelling of kilim. • KELIM n. (Turkish) a pileless woven rug traditionally made in the Middle East, also KHILIM, KILIM.
MELIC	• melic adj. Of or pertaining to Greek lyric verse. • melic n. Any of various grasses, of the genus Melica, from northern temperate regions. • MELIC n. a type of perennial grass, also MELICK.
MELIK	• melik n. (Historical) A member of hereditary nobility in certain Armenian principalities, especially in Artsakh. • MELIK n. (Arabic) in India, the head of a village, an employer, also MALIK.
NELIS	• NELIS n. a winter pear, also NELIES.
OBELI	• obeli n. Plural of obelus. • OBELUS n. (Latin) a symbol used in ancient manuscripts.
RELIC	• relic n. That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion. • relic n. Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons. • relic n. (Religion) A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.
RELIE	• RELIE v. (obsolete) to assemble, collect together.
RELIT	• relit v. Simple past tense and past participle of relight. • RELIGHT v. to light again.
TELIA	• telia n. Plural of telium. • TELIUM n. the cluster of spore cases of the rust fungi.
TELIC	• telic adj. Tending or directed towards a goal or specific end. • telic adj. (Grammar) That expresses an end or purpose. • telic adj. (Linguistics) That expresses the perfective aspect.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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Scrabble in Italian: 43 words
Scrabble in German: 6 words
Scrabble in Romanian: 45 words

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