welcome: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 14 letter points · starts with W · ends with E
Meaning of welcome
adj
Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.
Example: a welcome visitor
Producing gladness.
Example: a welcome turn of events; welcome news
Followed by to: free to have or enjoy gratuitously.
Example: You are welcome to the use of my library.
Listed forms: welcomer, welcomest, welcum.
Source: Wiktionary — welcome.
intj
Greeting given upon someone's arrival.
Example: Welcome to the life of Electra Heart!
Listed forms: welcum.
Source: Wiktionary — welcome.
noun
The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception.
The utterance of such a greeting.
Kind reception of a guest or newcomer.
Example: We entered the house and found a ready welcome.
The state of being a welcome guest; a feeling of one's presence and comfort being desired.
Listed forms: welcomes, welcum.
Source: Wiktionary — welcome.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
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verb
bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is welcome in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of welcome
W(4) + E(1) + L(1) + C(3) + O(1) + M(3) + E(1) = 14 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of welcome
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from welcome
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