Whelm is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 43 anagrams from letters in whelm (ehlmw).
1250-1300; Middle English whelme, apparently blend of dial. whelve (Old English gehwelfan to bend over) and helm2 (v.) (Old English helmian to cover)
He wanted to whelm his senses in their perfume, and closed his eyes.
The envious billows sidelong swell to whelm my track; let them; but first I pass.
To acquire the reputation of a great warrior, he was willing to whelm provinces in blood.
Why whelm they that light under a bushel which ought to stand on a candlestick?
Far be it from the Judge of all the earth to whelm the innocent and guilty in the same destruction!
That canst not lift thy head above the waves Which whelm and sink thee down!
The Scots were riding forward to whelm him when Brian's men drove down with a wild yell and smote the length of their flank.
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