5 letters · 6 points in Scrabble
verb escape, either physically or mentally
verb be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
verb avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
originFrom Latin ēlūdō (“to evade, elude”), from ē- (“out of”, short form of ex-) + lūdō (“to play; to trick”).
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