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Is weal a Scrabble word?

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

W4E1A1L1

Is weal a Scrabble UK word?

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

W4E1A1L1

Is weal a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word weal is a Words With Friends word. The word weal is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

W4E1A1L2

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4-letter words (3 found)

ALEW,WALE,WEAL,

3-letter words (7 found)

ALE,AWE,AWL,LAW,LEA,LEW,WAE,

2-letter words (8 found)

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

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 19 words from weal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of weal

weal ewal wael awel eawl aewl wela ewla wlea lwea elwa lewa wale awle wlae lwae alwe lawe ealw aelw elaw leaw alew laew

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

Definitions and meaning of weal

weal

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: wēl, IPA(key): /wiːl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /wil/
  • Homophones: we'll, wheal, wheel (the latter two in accents with the wine-whine merger)
  • Rhymes: -iːl

Etymology 1

From Middle English wele, from Old English wela (“wellness, welfare, prosperity, riches, well-being, wealth”), from Proto-Germanic *walô (“well-being, wellness, weal”). Cognate with German Wohl, Danish vel, Swedish väl.

Noun

weal (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Wealth, riches. [10th–19th c.]
  2. (literary) Welfare, prosperity. [from 10th c.]
  3. (by extension) Boon, benefit.
  4. Specifically, the general happiness of a community, country etc. (often with qualifying word). [from 15th c.]
Derived terms
  • commonweal
  • in weal and woe
  • wealful
  • wealsman
  • wealth
  • weal-public
Related terms
  • in weal or woe
Translations

Etymology 2

See wale.

Noun

weal (plural weals)

  1. A raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by a stroke of a rod or whip; a welt.
    Synonym: wheal
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Verb

weal (third-person singular simple present weals, present participle wealing, simple past and past participle wealed)

  1. To mark with stripes; to wale.

Anagrams

  • alew, e-law, lawe, wale

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