Definitions For Wellaway

Interjection

{{en-interj}} (chiefly, _, archaic, literary) {{n-g, Expression of sadness, regret, remorse, etc.}}, alas, "woe"!

Quotations

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Etymology

From Middle English weylawey, from {{inh, en, ang, weg-lā-weg}}, alteration of wā lā wā, with substitution of {{der, en, non, vei}} for {{cog, ang, wā}}. Compare wellawo, weila.

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, welaway, well away}} {{alter, en, welladay, well-a-day}}

Related terms

alas

Is Wellaway 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
17
Words with Friends
18

The word Wellaway is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

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