Yell

What it means

1. (noun) A shout.
2. (noun) A phrase to be shouted.
3. (verb) Shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
4. (verb) To convey by shouting “He yelled directions to the party from the car.”
5. (verb) To tell someone off (in a loud and angry manner) “If I come home late again, my dad is gonna yell at me.”
6. (adjective) Dry (of cow)

Letter analysis

• Yell contains 4 letters: 1 vowel(s) and 3 consonant(s).
• It uses 3 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 1.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 7.

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Words starting with YEL

• yelled
• yelling
• yellow
• yellowed
• yellower
• yellowest
• yellowing
• yellowish
• yellows
• yells
• yelp
• yelped
• yelping
• yelps

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Words ending with ELL

• barbell
• befell
• bell
• bluebell
• bombshell
• cell
• cockleshell
• dell
• doorbell
• dumbbell
• dwell
• eggshell
• ell
• farewell
• fell
• foretell
• groundswell
• hell

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Sub-words

• ell
• lye

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