WELS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. WELS is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept WELS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WELS is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WELS
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
welshChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How WELS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WELS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does WELS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large European freshwater catfish, often named in full as the wels catfish.
The wels is one of the largest freshwater fish in Europe, with a long scaleless body, a wide flat head and long barbels near its mouth, and it can grow to several metres in length. It is native to rivers of central and eastern Europe and has since been introduced further west.
How WELS is used
Mainly a specialist or angling term; often paired with catfish as wels catfish.
- The angler landed a wels weighing over a hundred kilograms.
- A wels can grow far larger than most other European freshwater fish.
- The lake was stocked with wels many years ago for sport fishing.
- Divers filmed a wels resting near the riverbed at night.
- The record wels caught in the river surprised local fishermen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WELS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WELS
The 4 tiles of WELS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with WELS
6 longer words begin with WELS.
Words ending in WELS
22 words end in WELS. Useful as a back hook: play WELS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in WELS
Common questions about WELS
- Is WELS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WELS, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WELS worth?
- WELS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WELS mean?
- A large European freshwater catfish, often named in full as the wels catfish.
- What letters can be added to WELS?
- WELS takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WELS:
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