Definitions for whelms

whelms whelm

Spelling: [hwelm, welm]
IPA: /ʰwɛlm, wɛlm/

Whelms is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in whelms (ehlmsw).

Definitions for whelms

verb (used with object)

  1. to submerge; engulf.
  2. to overcome utterly; overwhelm:

verb (used without object)

  1. to roll or surge over something, as in becoming submerged.

Origin of whelms

1250-1300; Middle English whelme, apparently blend of dial. whelve (Old English gehwelfan to bend over) and helm2 (v.) (Old English helmian to cover)

Examples for whelms

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.

Far be it from the Judge of all the earth to whelm the innocent and guilty in the same destruction!

The envious billows sidelong swell to whelm my track; let them; but first I pass.

He wanted to whelm his senses in their perfume, and closed his eyes.

That canst not lift thy head above the waves Which whelm and sink thee down!

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?

Word Value for whelms
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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