WHELK is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. WHELK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHELK?
| 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 WHELK is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHELK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHELK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WHELK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.
What does WHELK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large sea snail with a heavy spiral shell, several kinds of which are eaten as food.
A whelk lives on rocky and sandy sea floors, dragging its thick spiral shell along as it hunts for other shellfish. Several species are gathered commercially and served boiled or pickled, especially around the coasts of Britain. Empty whelk shells are also a common find along the shoreline.
How WHELK is used
A common word in cooking and coastal life, especially in British seafood traditions.
- The stall sold buckets of whelk beside the pier.
- A large whelk shell sat on the windowsill as a souvenir.
- Fishermen hauled up a pot full of whelk from the seabed.
- She had never tried whelk before visiting the coast.
- The tide left a scatter of whelk shells across the sand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHELK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHELK
5 longer words begin with WHELK.
Shorter words from the letters in WHELK
Common questions about WHELK
- Is WHELK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHELK, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHELK worth?
- WHELK is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHELK mean?
- A large sea snail with a heavy spiral shell, several kinds of which are eaten as food.
- What letters can be added to WHELK?
- WHELK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WHELK:
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