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Is bellows a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bellows is a Scrabble US word. The word bellows is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is bellows a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bellows is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

B3E1L1L1O1W4S1

Is bellows a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word bellows is a Words With Friends word. The word bellows is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

BELLOWS,

6-letter words (5 found)

BELLOW,BELOWS,BLOWSE,BOWELS,ELBOWS,

5-letter words (19 found)

BELLS,BELOW,BLOWS,BOLES,BOLLS,BOWEL,BOWES,BOWLS,BOWSE,ELBOW,LESBO,LOBES,LOSEL,LOWES,LOWSE,SOWLE,SWELL,SWOLE,WELLS,

4-letter words (32 found)

BELL,BELS,BLEW,BLOW,BOLE,BOLL,BOWL,BOWS,ELLS,LOBE,LOBS,LOSE,LOWE,LOWS,OBES,OLES,OWES,OWLS,OWSE,SELL,SLEB,SLEW,SLOB,SLOE,SLOW,SOLE,SOWL,SWOB,WEBS,WELL,WELS,WOES,

3-letter words (26 found)

BEL,BES,BOS,BOW,ELL,ELS,LES,LEW,LOB,LOS,LOW,OBE,OBS,OES,OLE,OSE,OWE,OWL,SEL,SEW,SOB,SOL,SOW,WEB,WOE,WOS,

2-letter words (13 found)

BE,BO,EL,ES,EW,LO,OB,OE,OS,OW,SO,WE,WO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 97 words from bellows according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bellows

bellows

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɛl.oʊz/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɛl.əʊz/
  • (now dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈbɛl.əs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛləʊz

Etymology 1

From Middle English belwes, plural of belu, belwe, a northern form of beli, from Old English bæliġ, northern form of bielġ, from Proto-Germanic *balgiz. Compare German Balg. See also belly.

For the pronunciation /ˈbɛl.əs/, compare bodice, gallows.

Noun

bellows (plural bellows)

  1. A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.
  2. Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
  3. (informal or archaic) The lungs.
  4. (photography) Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
  5. (figurative) That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc.
Usage notes
  • "Bellows" is used with both singular and plural verbs. One can even find "A bellows is/was".
Derived terms
Related terms
  • bellowser
  • belly
  • blow
Translations

Verb

bellows (third-person singular simple present bellowses, present participle bellowsing, simple past and past participle bellowsed)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) To expand and contract like a bellows.
  3. (transitive) To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.

Etymology 2

See bellow

Noun

bellows

  1. plural of bellow

Verb

bellows

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bellow

Anagrams

  • Boswell

Source: wiktionary.org