upwelling
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 21
- Letters
- 9
Definition of upwelling
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
-
An upward movement from a lower source.
“Rather separate from the abolitionist campaign, although likewise led by anglophone Evangelicals, was a sudden upwelling of commitment to worldwide mission.”
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noun
-
An upward movement from a lower source.
“Rather separate from the abolitionist campaign, although likewise led by anglophone Evangelicals, was a sudden upwelling of commitment to worldwide mission.”
- the oceanographic phenomenon that occurs when strong, usually seasonal, winds push water away from the coast, bringing cold, nutrient-rich deep waters up to the surface
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of upwell
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Etymology
From up- + welling.
Words you can make from upwelling
111 playable · top: WELLING (11 pts)
Best play welling 11 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
11 words5-letter words
8 words4-letter words
38 words- PLEW 9 pts
- WELP 9 pts
- WIPE 9 pts
- WING 8 pts
- GULP 7 pts
- LWEI 7 pts
- PING 7 pts
- PLUG 7 pts
- PUNG 7 pts
- WELL 7 pts
- WILE 7 pts
- WILL 7 pts
- WINE 7 pts
- LIPE 6 pts
- PEIN 6 pts
- PILE 6 pts
- PILL 6 pts
- PINE 6 pts
- PLIE 6 pts
- PULE 6 pts
- PULI 6 pts
- PULL 6 pts
- GENU 5 pts
- GIEN 5 pts
- GILL 5 pts
- GLEN 5 pts
- GLUE 5 pts
- GULL 5 pts
- IGLU 5 pts
- LING 5 pts
- LUGE 5 pts
- LUNG 5 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LIEU 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- LUNE 4 pts
- NILL 4 pts
- NULL 4 pts
3-letter words
39 words- PEW 8 pts
- PWN 8 pts
- WIG 7 pts
- GIP 6 pts
- NEW 6 pts
- PEG 6 pts
- PIG 6 pts
- PUG 6 pts
- WEN 6 pts
- WIN 6 pts
- LIP 5 pts
- NIP 5 pts
- PEN 5 pts
- PIE 5 pts
- PIN 5 pts
- PIU 5 pts
- PUL 5 pts
- PUN 5 pts
- ENG 4 pts
- GEL 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- GIN 4 pts
- GNU 4 pts
- GUL 4 pts
- GUN 4 pts
- LEG 4 pts
- LUG 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- NUG 4 pts
- ELL 3 pts
- ILL 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LEU 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
- LUN 3 pts
- NIL 3 pts
- UNI 3 pts
2-letter words
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