WELKIN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. WELKIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WELKIN?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WELKIN is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WELKIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WELKIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WELKIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does WELKIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
poeticarchaic
The sky or the vault of heaven, seen as the great dome overhead.
Welkin is an old poetic word for the sky, the wide arch above the earth where clouds, birds and stars appear. Today it survives almost only in the stock phrase to make the welkin ring, which means to produce a very loud noise, such as a cheer or a peal of bells. The word goes back to Old English, where it meant clouds.
How WELKIN is used
Poetic and archaic; seen in verse and in set phrases.
- The cheering crowd made the welkin ring.
- Larks climbed into the welkin above the meadow.
- The poet described the welkin turning red at dusk.
- Thunder rolled across the whole welkin.
- Stars crowded the welkin on that cloudless night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WELKIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WELKIN
The 6 tiles of WELKIN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with WELKIN
2 longer words begin with WELKIN.
Shorter words from the letters in WELKIN
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Common questions about WELKIN
- Is WELKIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WELKIN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WELKIN worth?
- WELKIN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WELKIN mean?
- The sky or the vault of heaven, seen as the great dome overhead.
- What letters can be added to WELKIN?
- WELKIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WELKIN:
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