12-Letter Words Starting With WEL
- 3 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 12-Letter Words Starting With WEL
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 12-Letter Words Starting With WEL 3 words
How common is WEL at the start of twelve-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 3 twelve-letter words that start with WEL. They average 20.3 points and the best is WELWITSCHIAS (23 points).
- Total words
- 3
- Average Scrabble score
- 20.3
- out of 23 max
- Everyday words
- 0%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- A
- 33.3% of words
Most common last letters
- a 33.3%
- s 33.3%
- t 33.3%
Top vowel pairs
- ia66.7%
- ei33.3%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring twelve-letter word that starts with WEL
w 4e 1l 1w 4i 1t 1s 1c 3h 4i 1a 1s 1
W 4 + E 1 + L 1 + W 4 + I 1 + T 1 + S 1 + C 3 + H 4 + I 1 + A 1 + S 1 = 23 points
- Double word
- 46 pts
- Triple word
- 69 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
welwitschias
Form of welwitschia
- nouncurious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having a yard-high and yard-wide trunk like a turnip with a deep taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves growing from the base; living relic of a flora long disappeared; some may be 700-5000 years old
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How many twelve-letter words that start with WEL are there?
There are 3 twelve-letter words that start with WEL in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring twelve-letter word that starts with WEL?
WELWITSCHIAS is worth 23 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are WELTERWEIGHT (22), WELLINGTONIA (16).
Which rare twelve-letter words that start with WEL score well?
Uncommon but valid choices include WELWITSCHIAS (23), WELLINGTONIA (16). Few players know them, so they can catch an opponent off guard.