Definitions for welkin

welkin wel·kin

Spelling: [wel-kin]
IPA: /ˈwɛl kɪn/

Welkin is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 83 anagrams from letters in welkin (eiklnw).

Definitions for welkin

noun

  1. the sky; the vault of heaven.

Origin of welkin

before 900; Middle English welken(e), Old English welcn, variant of wolcen cloud, sky; cognate with German Wolke cloud

Examples for welkin

I wish you and mother could have seen the view on the top of welkin Beacon.

Fearful was the din of the shrieks and shouts which rent the welkin.

And the welkin rang with what seemed to be the mirth of a lunatic.

I really had the facts from welkin, who had them from his wife.

Thy stars have lit the welkin dome,And all thy hues were born in heaven.

"It's the writing of that fellow welkin," said Smythe gruffly.

He danced, howled, raved and otherwise disturbed the welkin.

Boothblacks and newsboys were among them, and they made the welkin ring with their shouts.

All right, then; that letter I wrote is a shirt, and the welkin's the ruffle on it.

First, there was the fact that this welkin went for long walks.

Word Value for welkin
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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