elfin
/ɛlfɪn/
adjective
5 letters2 syllables8 points in Scrabble®10 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS4
ADJECTIVE
1
Suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness.
“thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning”
2
Small and delicate.
“she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate”
“obsessed by things elfin and small”
3
OTHERUsually good-naturedly mischievous.
“perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight”
1
Relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf.
“elfin bells”
“all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance”
WORD FORMS
Starts withE
Ends withN
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®8 points
Words With Friends®10 points
Double word16 points
Triple word24 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinelfinway
Starts & ends withE … N
Syllableself · in
SYNONYMS & RELATED8
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