Whelk in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is whelk a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word whelk is a Scrabble US word. The word whelk is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is whelk a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word whelk is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

WHELK,

4-letter words (2 found)

KEWL,WELK,

3-letter words (5 found)

ELK,EWK,HEW,LEK,LEW,

2-letter words (5 found)

EH,EL,EW,HE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 14 words from whelk according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of whelk

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

Definitions and meaning of whelk

whelk

Alternative forms

  • welk, whilk
  • (obsolete) wilk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɛlk/
  • (without the winewhine merger) IPA(key): /hwɛlk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlk

Etymology 1

From Middle English whelke, a variant of welk, from Old English weoloc, wiloc, wioloc, weluc, from Proto-West Germanic *weluk (compare Middle Dutch willoc, Dutch wulk), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (to turn, revolve) (whence vulva and volute). Unetymological spelling with wh- from the 15th century.

Noun

whelk (plural whelks)

  1. Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.
Synonyms
  • scungilli
Derived terms
  • Asian rapa whelk
  • dog whelk
  • knobbed whelk
  • veined rapa whelk
  • whelk stall
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English whelke, from Old English hwelca (pustule, swelling).

Noun

whelk (plural whelks)

  1. (archaic) Pimple.
  2. A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.
Derived terms
  • chin whelk

References

Further reading

  • whelk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Buccinidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Category:Buccinidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Source: wiktionary.org