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Is knell a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word knell is a Scrabble US word. The word knell is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is knell a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word knell is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

K5N1E1L1L1

Is knell a Words With Friends word?

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

KNELL,

4-letter words (1 found)

KELL,

3-letter words (5 found)

ELK,ELL,KEN,LEK,NEK,

2-letter words (3 found)

EL,EN,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 11 words from knell according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of knell

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

Definitions and meaning of knell

knell

Etymology

From Middle English knellen, knillen, knyllen, knullen, from Old English cnyllan (“to strike; knock; clap”), from Proto-Germanic *knuzlijaną (“to beat; push; mash”), from Proto-Indo-European *gen- (“to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /nɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Homophone: Nell

Verb

knell (third-person singular simple present knells, present participle knelling, simple past and past participle knelled)

  1. (intransitive) To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.
  2. (transitive) To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell.
  3. (transitive) To summon by, or as if by, ringing a bell.

Translations

Noun

knell (plural knells)

  1. The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).
  2. (figuratively) A sign of the end or demise of something or someone.

Derived terms

  • death knell

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