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SWELLS

6 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What SWELLS Means

SWELLS is a form of SWELL, which means:

  1. verb: increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity“The music swelled to a crescendo”
  2. verb: become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger“The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son”
  3. noun: the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
  4. noun: a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SWELLS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 W4 E1 L1 L1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In SWELLS

22 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

5 letter words (4)

4 letter words (8)

3 letter words (7)

2 letter words (3)

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