chelsea

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈt͡ʃɛlsi/
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/ˈt͡ʃɛlsi/ · /ˈt͡ʃɛlsɪ/ · /ˈt͡ʃelsi/

Definition of chelsea

10 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. An urban area in west London, on the north bank of the river Thames in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London.
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name

  1. An urban area in west London, on the north bank of the river Thames in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London.
  2. A type of porcelain once manufactured there.
  3. Any of several places (mostly in the US):
    “Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health.”
  4. Any of several places (mostly in the US):
    “Woke up, it was Chelsea morning / And the first thing that I heard / Was a song outside my window”
  5. Any of several places (mostly in the US):
  6. Any of several places (mostly in the US):
  7. Any of several places (mostly in the US):
  8. A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
  9. (rare)A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
  10. Chelsea FC, an English association football club.
    “A part of the nervousness at Chelsea involves whether any more sponsors will follow the telecommunications and internet service provider Three in withdrawing support, at least temporarily.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Old English Ċealchȳþ, from cealc (“chalk”) + hȳþ (“landing place”).

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