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Is wheal a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word wheal is a Scrabble US word. The word wheal is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

W4H4E1A1L1

Is wheal a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word wheal is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

W4H4E1A1L1

Is wheal a Words With Friends word?

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

W4H3E1A1L2

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5-letter words (2 found)

WHALE,WHEAL,

4-letter words (6 found)

ALEW,HALE,HEAL,WALE,WEAL,WHAE,

3-letter words (12 found)

ALE,AWE,AWL,HAE,HAW,HEW,LAH,LAW,LEA,LEW,WAE,WHA,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AH,AL,AW,EA,EH,EL,EW,HA,HE,LA,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 33 words from wheal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of wheal

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Definitions and meaning of wheal

wheal

Pronunciation

  • enPR: wēl, IPA(key): /wiːl/
  • Homophones: weal, we'll (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
  • Homophone: wheel
  • Rhymes: -iːl

Etymology 1

From Middle English whele (“boil”), from Old English *hwele (“boil”); related to Old English hwelian (“to fester, ulcerate”). Compare also Old English hwelca, hwylca (“an inflamed swelling, pustule”).

Noun

wheal (plural wheals)

  1. A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.
Synonyms
  • (small raised swelling on the skin): wale, weal, welt
Derived terms
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Verb

wheal (third-person singular simple present wheals, present participle whealing, simple past and past participle whealed)

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of wale.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Cornish hwel.

Noun

wheal (plural wheals)

  1. (Cornwall, South Australia, mining) A mine.
Usage notes

Chiefly appears in the names of mines in Cornwall and Devon.

Derived terms
  • Wheal Busy

References

  • “wheal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Whale, whale

Source: wiktionary.org