Definitions For Knell

noun

  • The sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something
  • A sound of a bell when it is rung slowly because someone has died

verb

  • Make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
  • Ring as in announcing death

Is Knell a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
12

The word Knell is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Knell in a Sentence

  • The church bells knelled to mark the death of the nation's beloved leader

Synonyms for Knell

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