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Is swelter a Scrabble word?

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

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Is swelter a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1W4E1L1T1E1R1

Is swelter a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word swelter is a Words With Friends word. The word swelter is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1W4E1L2T1E1R1

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7-letter words (3 found)

SWELTER,WELTERS,WRESTLE,

6-letter words (10 found)

RELETS,REWETS,STEWER,STREEL,SWEERT,TEWELS,TWEELS,TWEERS,WELTER,WESTER,

5-letter words (40 found)

ESTER,EWERS,EWEST,LEERS,LEETS,LERES,REELS,REEST,RELET,RESET,RESEW,REWET,SEWEL,SEWER,SLEER,SLEET,STEEL,STEER,STELE,STERE,STREW,SWEEL,SWEER,SWEET,SWELT,TEELS,TEERS,TELES,TERES,TERSE,TEWEL,TREES,TREWS,TWEEL,TWEER,WEELS,WEEST,WEETS,WELTS,WREST,

4-letter words (48 found)

EELS,ELSE,ELTS,ERES,ERST,EWER,EWES,EWTS,LEER,LEES,LEET,LERE,LEST,LETS,REEL,REES,REST,RETE,RETS,REWS,SEEL,SEER,SELE,SERE,SLEE,SLEW,STEW,SWEE,TEEL,TEER,TEES,TELE,TELS,TEWS,TREE,TRES,TREW,TWEE,WEEL,WEER,WEES,WEET,WELS,WELT,WERE,WERT,WEST,WETS,

3-letter words (28 found)

EEL,EEW,ELS,ELT,ERE,ERS,EST,EWE,EWT,LEE,LES,LET,LEW,REE,RES,RET,REW,SEE,SEL,SER,SET,SEW,TEE,TEL,TES,TEW,WEE,WET,

2-letter words (10 found)

EE,EL,ER,ES,ET,EW,RE,ST,TE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 140 words from swelter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of swelter

swelter

English

Alternative forms

  • sulter (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English swelteren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), from Old English sweltan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), equivalent to swelt +‎ -er (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈswɛl.tə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈswɛl.tɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛltə(ɹ)

Verb

swelter (third-person singular simple present swelters, present participle sweltering, simple past and past participle sweltered)

  1. (intransitive) To suffer terribly from intense heat.
    Synonyms: burn up, steam, stew
  2. (intransitive) To perspire greatly from heat.
    Synonyms: sweat buckets, sweat like a pig
  3. (transitive) To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat.
    Synonyms: sweb, swelt

Translations

Noun

swelter (plural swelters)

  1. Intense heat.

Derived terms

  • sultry
  • sweltery, sweltry

Translations

Anagrams

  • Lewters, Welters, welters, wrestle

Source: wiktionary.org