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Is quell a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word quell is a Scrabble US word. The word quell is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is quell a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word quell is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

Q10U1E1L1L1

Is quell a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word quell is a Words With Friends word. The word quell is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

QUELL,

3-letter words (3 found)

ELL,LEU,ULE,

2-letter words (1 found)

EL,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 6 words from quell according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of quell

quell uqell qeull equll ueqll euqll qulel uqlel qluel lquel ulqel luqel qelul eqlul qleul lqeul elqul lequl uelql eulql uleql lueql eluql leuql quell uqell qeull equll ueqll euqll qulel uqlel qluel lquel ulqel luqel qelul eqlul qleul lqeul elqul lequl uelql eulql uleql lueql eluql leuql qulle uqlle qlule lqule ulqle luqle qulle uqlle qlule lqule ulqle luqle qllue lqlue qllue lqlue llque llque ullqe lulqe ullqe lulqe lluqe lluqe qellu eqllu qlelu lqelu elqlu leqlu qellu eqllu qlelu lqelu elqlu leqlu qlleu lqleu qlleu lqleu llqeu llqeu ellqu lelqu ellqu lelqu llequ llequ uellq eullq ulelq luelq elulq leulq uellq eullq ulelq luelq elulq leulq ulleq luleq ulleq luleq llueq llueq elluq leluq elluq leluq lleuq lleuq

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Definitions and meaning of quell

quell

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From Middle English quellen, from Old English cwellan (“to kill”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (“to make die; kill”). Cognate with German quälen (“to torment; agonise; smite”), Swedish kvälja (“to torment”), Icelandic kvelja (“to torture; torment”). Compare also Old Armenian կեղ (keł, “sore, ulcer”), Old Church Slavonic жаль (žalĭ, “pain”). See also kill, which may be its doublet.

Verb

quell (third-person singular simple present quells, present participle quelling, simple past and past participle quelled)

  1. (transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit. [from 10th c.]
  2. (transitive) To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish. [from 14th c.]
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To kill. [9th–19th c.]
  4. (obsolete, intransitive) To be subdued or abated; to diminish. [16th–17th c.]
  5. To die.
Conjugation

Noun

quell (plural quells)

  1. A subduing.
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References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “quell”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *quelle (suggested by the verb quellen (“to well up; gush forth”)), from Old English cwylla, *cwielle (“spring; source”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljā (“spring, well”). Compare German Quelle.

Noun

quell (plural quells)

  1. A source, especially a spring.
  2. An emotion or sensation which rises suddenly.

Middle English

Verb

quell

  1. Alternative form of quellen

Source: wiktionary.org