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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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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.

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

Alternative forms

  • yealm

Etymology

From Middle English yelm, from Old English ġilm, ġelm (“handful”), from Proto-West Germanic *galmi, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to flourish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛlm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlm

Noun

yelm (plural yelms)

  1. (dialect) A bundle of straw for thatching.

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.

Anagrams

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

Middle English

Etymology

Inherited from Old English ġilm, ġelm (“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) yelm, yealm (sheaf of straw for thatching)

Descendants

  • English: yelm, yealm

References

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

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