swell

VERBNOUNADJECTIVE /swɛl/
5 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH S

swell is a valid 5-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1W4E1L1L1
1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 =8 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24
MEANING

What does swell mean?

VERB · 6 SENSES
1

Expand abnormally.

“The bellies of the starving children are swelling”

BROADER
RELATED
2

Cause to become swollen.

“The water swells the wood”

BROADER
3

Increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity.

“The music swelled to a crescendo”

BROADER
4

Come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things).

“Smoke swelled from it”

SYNONYMS
5

Become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger.

“The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son”

SYNONYMS
6

Come up, as of a liquid.

SYNONYMS
NOUN · 4 SENSES
1

A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.

2

The undulating movement of the surface of the open sea.

3

A crescendo followed by a decrescendo.

BROADER
4

A rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor).

ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of swell

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