KELEP is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. KELEP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KELEP?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KELEP is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KELEP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kelepsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KELEP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KELEP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 142,590.
What does KELEP mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A stinging ant native to Central America, once introduced to the southern United States because it preys on the cotton-damaging boll weevil.
The kelep was brought north from Guatemala in the early twentieth century as a natural check on the boll weevil, a beetle that had devastated cotton crops. Its painful sting made it a mixed blessing for farmers, useful against the pest but unwelcome wherever people worked the fields.
How KELEP is used
Specialist entomological term, encountered mostly in accounts of early pest-control efforts.
- Farmers released kelep colonies to hunt the destructive weevil.
- A kelep bite left a painful welt on the researcher's arm.
- Entomologists studied how the kelep hunted its prey among the cotton.
- The kelep proved less effective against the weevil than hoped.
- Old agricultural reports describe importing kelep from Guatemala.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KELEP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KELEP
1 longer words begin with KELEP.
Shorter words from the letters in KELEP
Common questions about KELEP
- Is KELEP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KELEP, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KELEP worth?
- KELEP is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KELEP mean?
- A stinging ant native to Central America, once introduced to the southern United States because it preys on the cotton-damaging boll weevil.
- What letters can be added to KELEP?
- KELEP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KELEP:
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