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What does yelm mean? Is yelm a Scrabble word?

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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

Is yelm a Words With Friends word?

The word yelm is NOT a Words With Friends word.

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Valid words made from Yelm

You can make 15 words from 'yelm' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

4 letters words from 'yelm'

ELMY 9LYME 9
YELM 9YLEM 9

3 letters words from 'yelm'

ELM 5LEY 6
LYE 6LYM 8
MEL 5 

2 letters words from 'yelm'

EL 2EM 4
ME 4MY 7
YE 5 

All 4 letters words made out of yelm

yelm eylm ylem lyem elym leym yeml eyml ymel myel emyl meyl ylme lyme ymle myle lmye mlye elmy lemy emly mely lmey mley

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

Definitions and meaning of yelm

yelm

Etymology

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Noun

yelm (plural yelms)

  1. (dialect) A bundle of straw for thatching.
    • 1952, Louis Francis Salzman, Building in England, p. 224:
      The thatcher then laid the 'yelms' , or bunches of drawn straw, on the laths, beginning at the eaves and working up towards the ridge.

Verb

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

  1. (dialect) To prepare straw for use as thatch.
    • 1952, Louis Francis Salzman, Building in England, p. 224:
      The preparation of straw for thatch, which was known as 'yelming' , consisted in damping it and 'drawing' it with a thatching-fork, or great comb, so as to get the straws parallel.

Anagrams

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

Source: wiktionary.org
  • a yellow-flowered plant of the gentian family.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)