Definitions For Swelling

noun

  • The increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
  • Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
  • An abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
  • An area on someone's body that is larger than normal because of an illness or injury
  • The condition of being larger than normal

Is Swelling 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
12
Words with Friends
16

The word Swelling is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Swelling in a Sentence

  • There was a swelling above her eye.
  • The swelling around her eye should subside in a few days.

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