The word clew is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • clew n. (Obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body.
  • clew n. (Archaic) A ball of thread or yarn.
  • clew n. Yarn or thread as used to guide one’s way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.

21 valid words from 3 definitions

ARCHAIC AS BALL BODY CLUE GUIDE LABYRINTH MASS MAZE OBSOLETE OF ONE OR ROUGHLY SPHERICAL THREAD THROUGH TO USED WAY YARN

2 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

EW LEW

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

EL WE

12 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

ALEW BLEW CHEW CLAW CLEF CLEG CLEM CLOW CREW FLEW PLEW SLEW

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

LEW

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

CLEWS CLEWED CLEWING

7 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

UNCLEWS CYCLEWAY UNCLEWED CYCLEWAYS UNCLEWING MUSCLEWOOD MUSCLEWOODS

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

UNCLEW

2 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+H WELCH
+S CLEWS

2 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-C LEW
-W CEL

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 137 chance (0.73%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 584 chance (0.17%).

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  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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