The word welk is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • welk v. (Obsolete) Of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay.
  • welk v. (Obsolete) To diminish; to lose brightness, to wane.
  • welk v. (Dialectal) to soak, steep.

14 valid words from 3 definitions

BRIGHTNESS DECAY DIALECTAL DIMINISH LOSE OBSOLETE OF PLANT SOAK STEEP TO WANE WILT WITHER

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

EL ELK WE

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

EW LEW

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

KEWL

8 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

WALK WEAK WEEK WELD WELL WELS WELT YELK

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

ELK

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

WHELK

8 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

WELKE WELKS WELKT WELKED WELKES WELKIN WELKING WELKINS

5 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A KWELA
+E WELKE
+H WHELK
+S WELKS
+T WELKT

4 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-K LEW
-L EWK
-W ELK LEK

Scrabble scoring

  • 11 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 205 chance (0.49%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 1167 chance (0.09%).

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Categories without words

  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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