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Is kelp a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word kelp is a Scrabble US word. The word kelp is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

K5E1L1P3

Is kelp a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word kelp is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

K5E1L1P3

Is kelp a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word kelp is a Words With Friends word. The word kelp is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

K5E1L2P4

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4-letter words (1 found)

KELP,

3-letter words (5 found)

ELK,KEP,LEK,LEP,PEL,

2-letter words (2 found)

EL,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 9 words from kelp according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of kelp

kelp eklp klep lkep elkp lekp kepl ekpl kpel pkel epkl pekl klpe lkpe kple pkle lpke plke elpk lepk eplk pelk lpek plek

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word kelp. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in kelp.

Definitions and meaning of kelp

kelp

Etymology

14th c., from Middle English culp, culpe, kilp, but of unknown ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /kɛlp/, enPR: kĕlp
  • Rhymes: -ɛlp

Noun

kelp (countable and uncountable, plural kelps)

  1. Any of several large brown algae seaweeds (order Laminariales).
    Synonym: oyster grass
  2. The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly used in glass and iodine manufacture.

Hyponyms

  • kombu

Meronyms

  • stipe

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → French: kelp
  • → German: Kelp
  • → Irish: ceilp
  • → Scottish Gaelic: ceilp
  • → Spanish: quelpo

Translations

Verb

kelp (third-person singular simple present kelps, present participle kelping, simple past and past participle kelped)

  1. (intransitive) To gather kelp.

Derived terms

  • kelper

Further reading

  • kelp on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “kelp”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  • Skeat, Walter William (1993): The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English kelp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛlp/

Noun

kelp m (plural kelps)

  1. kelp
    Synonyms: goémon, varech

Spanish

Noun

kelp m (plural kelps)

  1. Alternative form of quelpo

Source: wiktionary.org