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Is fell a Scrabble word?

Yes, fell is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 7 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of fell?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.Examples: "Stand, or I'll fell thee down."; "Sinclair opened Swansea's account from the spot on 8 minutes after a Ryan Shawcross tackle had felled Wayne Routledge."; "As southeast Asia's forests were felled, the rhino's habitat shrank and became fragmented."transitive

2. (transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.Examples: "Gahan, horrified, saw the latter's head topple from its body, saw the body stagger and fall to the ground. ... The creature that had felled its companion was dashing madly in the direction of the hill upon which he was hidden, it dodged one of the workers that sought to seize it. … Then it was that Gahan's eyes chanced to return to the figure of the creature the fugitive had felled."; ""Even in his most temperate moments he is constantly felling people with a hunting-crop.""; "… could make Ferré the first major fashion label felled by the economic crisis to come out the other end of restructuring."transitive

3. (sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.Examples: "To fell seam allowances, catch the lining underneath before emerging 1/4" (6mm) ahead, and 1/8" (3mm) to 1/4" (6mm) into the seam allowance."

noun (English)

1. (textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

noun (English)

1. (archaic outside Northern England, Scotland) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains, particularly in the British Isles or Fennoscandia.Examples: "Every now and then the sea calls some farmer or shepherd, and the restless drop in his veins gives him no peace till he has found his way over the hills and fells to the port of Whitehaven, and gone back to the cradling bosom that rocked his ancestors."; "The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, / While hammers fell like ringing bells, / In places deep, where dark things sleep, / In hollow halls beneath the fells."; "I got out and from where I stood, high at the head, I could see all of the strangely formed cleft in the hills, its steep sides grooved and furrowed by countless streams feeding the boisterous Halden Beck which tumbled over its rocky bed far below. Down there, were trees and some cultivated fields, but immediately behind me the wild country came crowding in on the bowl where the farmhouse lay. Halsten Pike, Alstang, Birnside—the huge fells with their barbarous names were very near."Scotland

2. (archaic outside Northern England, Scotland) A wild field or upland moor.Examples: "As over Holt and Heath, as thorough Frith and Fell;"; "The night continued beautifully clear and fine, and as we came into the fell country the outlines of the hills showed up dark against the starlit sky."; "I remember the sudden drop in the note of the station bell, as we roar through, perhaps with 16 coaches; sweep up to milepost 9½, and then, with increasing thunder from the exhaust, fairly rush the fells at Milnthorpe at the foot of the climb to Grayrigg, until the steady thunderous beat re-echoes past Mosedale Hall, still at 40 m.p.h."Scotland

adj (English)

1. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungentScotlandUKdialectal

2. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Very large; huge.ScotlandUKdialectal

3. (obsolete) Eager; earnest; intent.Examples: "I am so fell to my business."obsolete

noun (English)

1. (obsolete, rare) Anger; gall; melancholy.Examples: "Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell."; "I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day. / What hours, O what black hoürs we have spent / This night!"obsoleterareuncountable

noun (English)

1. (mining) The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "fell"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "fell"?

Scrabble
7 points
F4
E1
L1
L1
Words With Friends
9 points
F4
E1
L2
L2

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