01 Word definition

ellipses

8 letters · 3 vowels · 5 consonants

Is ELLIPSES a word?

Yes. ELLIPSES is a 8-letter noun. ELLIPSES is a plural or present-tense form of ELLIPSE: a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it Check the official dictionary for your particular word game before playing it.

Correct spelling

How do you spell ELLIPSES?

E-L-L-I-P-S-E-S

ELLIPSES contains 8 letters, begins with E, and ends with S.

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Meaning and definition

ELLIPSES is a plural or present-tense form of ELLIPSE.

1noun

  1. ELLIPSES is a plural or present-tense form of ELLIPSE: a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it

    the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant
Source: Open English WordNet 2025 (CC BY 4.0) ↗
Scrabble score10points
Words With Friends13points
Word length8letters

02 Letter breakdown

How is ELLIPSES spelled?

E1L2L3I4P5S6E7S8
Starts withELLFirst 3 letters
Ends withSESLast 3 letters
Unique letters5Repeats E, L, S
Vowel balance3 / 5Vowels / consonants

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04 Exact anagrams

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About ELLIPSES.

How do you spell ELLIPSES?

ELLIPSES is spelled E-L-L-I-P-S-E-S. It contains 8 letters.