KELP is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. KELP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KELP?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KELP is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KELP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KELP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in KELP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does KELP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large brown seaweed of cold coastal water.
Kelp was burned for its ash, which supplied soda and later iodine, and whole coastal economies were built on it. Some species grow half a metre in a day, which is faster than anything on land.
How KELP is used
Uncountable; used as a modifier before a noun.
- Kelp grows faster than any plant on land.
- The word kelp named the ash before it named the weed.
- Burning kelp for soda supported whole island economies.
- A kelp forest shelters more species than the rock beneath it.
- Iodine was extracted from kelp for a century.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KELP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KELP
10 longer words begin with KELP.
Words ending in KELP
1 words end in KELP. Useful as a back hook: play KELP onto a word already on the board.
Words with KELP inside
7 words contain KELP in the middle. Words that start with KELP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KELP
Common questions about KELP
- Is KELP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KELP, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KELP worth?
- KELP is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KELP mean?
- A large brown seaweed of cold coastal water.
- What letters can be added to KELP?
- KELP takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of KELP:
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