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— English words —

• whelm v. (Transitive, archaic) To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.
• whelm v. (Transitive, obsolete) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
• whelm v. (Transitive, obsolete) To ruin or destroy.
• whelm v. (Intransitive, archaic) To overcome with emotion; to overwhelm.
• whelm n. (Poetic, also figuratively) A surge of water.

— English words, defined in French —

• whelm v. Couvrir d’eau, submerger.
• whelm v. Submerger d’émotion.

26 English words from 5 English definitions

also archaic as␣to bury cover destroy emotion engulf figuratively Intransitive obsolete over overcome overwhelm Poetic ruin so␣as so␣as␣to something submerge surge thing throw Transitive water with

2 English words from 2 foreign definitions

eau submerger

2 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Couvrir émotion

4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

whelms whelmed whelming whelmings

21 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unwhelms unwhelmed overwhelms unwhelming overwhelmed overwhelmer underwhelms overwhelmers overwhelming underwhelmed overwhelmable overwhelmings underwhelming unoverwhelmed overwhelmingly overwhelmedness underwhelmingly overwhelmingness superoverwhelming superoverwhelmingly superoverwhelmingness

4 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unwhelm infowhelm overwhelm underwhelm

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

elm Elm Hel he'l helm Helm

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

leh Leh MLE

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Welham whelms

3 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

helm Helm mewl

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Chelm whelk whelp

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

helm Helm

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