WHELKY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. WHELKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHELKY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHELKY is to know. It scores 19 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHELKY
No single letter turns WHELKY into another word.
How WHELKY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WHELKY, 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 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,104 thousand.
What stands out about WHELKY
- WHELKY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WHELKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Having ridges or swellings on the surface, like the shell of a whelk.
The adjective whelky describes a rough, ribbed or knobbly texture. It is a rare word, and most readers will guess its sense from the sea creature it echoes. It also appears in old texts for shells that are streaked.
How WHELKY is used
Rare; found in older natural-history writing.
- The whelky surface of the rock hurt his hands.
- She picked up a whelky shell from the shore.
- The old book described a whelky stem on the plant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHELKY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WHELKY
Common questions about WHELKY
- Is WHELKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHELKY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHELKY worth?
- WHELKY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHELKY mean?
- Having ridges or swellings on the surface, like the shell of a whelk.
- What letters can be added to WHELKY?
- No single letter can be added to WHELKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WHELKY:
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