Is “Echelon” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
ECHELON
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Unavailable

Meaning of Echelon

noun
  1. 1.A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.

  2. 2.A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.

  3. 3.A formation of troops, ships, etc., in diagonal parallel rows.

verb
  1. 1.To form troops into an echelon.

adjective
  1. 1.Of a matrix: having undergone Gaussian elimination with the result that the leading coefficient or pivot (that is, the first nonzero number from the left) of a nonzero row is to the right of the pivot of the row above it, giving rise to a stepped appearance in the matrix.