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Is kwela a Scrabble word?

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

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Is kwela a Scrabble UK word?

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

K5W4E1L1A1

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5-letter words (1 found)

KWELA,

4-letter words (13 found)

ALEW,KALE,KEWL,LAKE,LAWK,LEAK,WAKE,WALE,WALK,WEAK,WEAL,WEKA,WELK,

3-letter words (15 found)

AKE,ALE,AWE,AWK,AWL,ELK,EWK,KAE,KAW,KEA,LAW,LEA,LEK,LEW,WAE,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AL,AW,EA,EL,EW,KA,LA,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 39 words from kwela according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of kwela

kwela wkela kewla ekwla wekla ewkla kwlea wklea klwea lkwea wlkea lwkea kelwa eklwa klewa lkewa elkwa lekwa welka ewlka wleka lweka elwka lewka kweal wkeal kewal ekwal wekal ewkal kwael wkael kawel akwel wakel awkel keawl ekawl kaewl akewl eakwl aekwl weakl ewakl waekl awekl eawkl aewkl kwlae wklae klwae lkwae wlkae lwkae kwale wkale kawle akwle wakle awkle klawe lkawe kalwe aklwe lakwe alkwe wlake lwake walke awlke lawke alwke kelaw eklaw kleaw lkeaw elkaw lekaw kealw ekalw kaelw akelw eaklw aeklw klaew lkaew kalew aklew lakew alkew elakw leakw ealkw aelkw laekw alekw welak ewlak wleak lweak elwak lewak wealk ewalk waelk awelk eawlk aewlk wlaek lwaek walek awlek lawek alwek elawk leawk ealwk aelwk laewk alewk

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Definitions and meaning of kwela

kwela

Etymology

From Zulu -khwela (“get up”).

Noun

kwela (uncountable)

  1. (South Africa, music) A style of music, first played in the townships, whose principal instrument is the penny whistle.

Usage notes

  • The term "kwela" is derived from the Zulu for "get up", though in township slang it also referred to the police vans, the "kwela-kwela". Thus it could be an invitation to join the dance as well as a warning. It is said that the young men who played the pennywhistle on street corners also acted as lookouts to warn those enjoying themselves in the illegal drinking dens of the arrival of the cops. [1]

Anagrams

  • Walke, walke

Tagalog

Adjective

kwela (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜏᜒᜎ)

  1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of kuwela.

Usage notes

This spelling does not follow the rule of double vowel clusters with an /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel following a double consonant (where the standard is to retain the vowel cluster and add a ⟨y⟩ or ⟨w⟩ in between). See Appendix:Tagalog spellings for details.


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