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Is yelm a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word yelm is a Scrabble US word. The word yelm is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

Y4E1L1M3

Is yelm a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word yelm is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

Y4E1L1M3

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4-letter words (4 found)

ELMY,LYME,YELM,YLEM,

3-letter words (5 found)

ELM,LEY,LYE,LYM,MEL,

2-letter words (5 found)

EL,EM,ME,MY,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 15 words from yelm according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of yelm

yelm

English

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English yelm, from Old English ġielm (“bunch or handful (of plant stems)”), from Proto-West Germanic *galmi (“bundle or handful of plants”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”) or *gʰel- (“to cut”).

The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /jɛlm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlm

Noun

yelm (plural yelms)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A bundle of straw laid out straight, chiefly to be used for thatching; a helm.

Translations

Verb

yelm (third-person singular simple present yelms, present participle yelming, simple past and past participle yelmed) (UK, dialectal)

  1. (transitive) To choose and lay out (straw) straight to be used for animal fodder or thatching; to helm.
  2. (intransitive) To choose and lay out straw straight to be used for animal fodder or thatching; to helm.

Alternative forms

  • yealm

Derived terms

  • yelmer

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • Emly, Lyme, elmy, lyme, myel-, ylem

Middle English

Etymology

Inherited from Old English ġielm (“handful”), from Proto-West Germanic *galmi, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to flourish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛlm/

Noun

yelm (plural yelmes)

  1. (hapax legomenon) yelm, yealm (sheaf of straw for thatching)

Descendants

  • English: yelm, yealm

References

  • “yelm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Source: wiktionary.org