Spelt in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does spelt mean? Is spelt a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is spelt worth? spelt how many points in Words With Friends? What does spelt mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for spelt

See how to calculate how many points for spelt.

Is spelt a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word spelt is a Scrabble US word. The word spelt is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

S1P3E1L1T1

Is spelt a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word spelt is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

S1P3E1L1T1

Is spelt a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word spelt is a Words With Friends word. The word spelt is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1P4E1L2T1

Our tools

Valid words made from Spelt

Jump to...

Results

5-letter words (3 found)

PELTS,SLEPT,SPELT,

4-letter words (13 found)

ELTS,LEPS,LEPT,LEST,LETS,PELS,PELT,PEST,PETS,SEPT,SPET,STEP,TELS,

3-letter words (14 found)

ELS,ELT,EST,LEP,LES,LET,PEL,PES,PET,PST,SEL,SET,TEL,TES,

2-letter words (6 found)

EL,ES,ET,PE,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 37 words from spelt according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of spelt

spelt pselt seplt esplt peslt epslt splet pslet slpet lspet plset lpset selpt eslpt slept lsept elspt lespt pelst eplst plest lpest elpst lepst spetl psetl septl esptl pestl epstl sptel pstel stpel tspel ptsel tpsel setpl estpl stepl tsepl etspl tespl petsl eptsl ptesl tpesl etpsl tepsl splte pslte slpte lspte plste lpste sptle pstle stple tsple ptsle tpsle sltpe lstpe stlpe tslpe ltspe tlspe pltse lptse ptlse tplse ltpse tlpse seltp esltp sletp lsetp elstp lestp setlp estlp stelp tselp etslp teslp sltep lstep stlep tslep ltsep tlsep eltsp letsp etlsp telsp ltesp tlesp pelts eplts plets lpets elpts lepts petls eptls ptels tpels etpls tepls pltes lptes ptles tples ltpes tlpes eltps letps etlps telps lteps tleps

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

Definitions and meaning of spelt

spelt

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɛlt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

Etymology 1

From spell +‎ -t. See spell.

Alternative forms

  • spelled

Verb

spelt

  1. (chiefly British) simple past and past participle of spell

Etymology 2

From Middle English spelt, from Old English spelt (spelt, corn), from Old Saxon spelta (spelt); or from Late Latin spelta (spelt), from Frankish *spelta (spelt); all from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz (spelt).

Noun

spelt (usually uncountable, plural spelts)

  1. A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.
    Synonym: dinkel wheat
    Hypernym: hulled wheat
    Coordinate terms: emmer, einkorn wheat
Descendants
  • Irish: speilt
  • Welsh: sbelt
Translations
See also
  • Appendix:Grains

Etymology 3

From Old Norse spald.

Noun

spelt (plural spelts)

  1. (dialect, Northern England, Scotland) A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.
  2. (metalworking) Spelter.

Verb

spelt (third-person singular simple present spelts, present participle spelting, simple past and past participle spelted)

  1. (obsolete) To split; to break; to spalt.

References

  • “spelt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

References

  • spelt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Pelts, pelts, slept

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German spelte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɛlt/, [sb̥ɛlˀd̥]

Noun

spelt c (singular definite spelten, not used in plural form)

  1. spelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta)

Further reading

  • spelt on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɛlt/
  • Hyphenation: spelt
  • Rhymes: -ɛlt
  • Homophone: speld

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spelte, from Old Dutch *spelta, either from Frankish *spelta or Latin spelta, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz.

Noun

spelt f (uncountable)

  1. spelt (grain)
Derived terms
  • speltbrood
  • speltmeel

Etymology 2

Verb

spelt

  1. inflection of spellen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Norwegian Nynorsk

Participle

spelt

  1. past participle of spela

West Frisian

Alternative forms

  • spjelt

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɛlt/

Noun

spelt ? (plural [please provide])

  1. spelt

References

  • “spelt”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Source: wiktionary.org