CLACH is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CLACH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLACH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLACH is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLACH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
clachsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLACH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CLACH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What does CLACH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
A stone, in Scots and Scottish Gaelic usage.
Clach turns up mainly in place names and in older writing set north of the border, where a hillside path or a field boundary might be described as marked by a line of clach. A clachan, a small hamlet built of local rock, takes its name from the same root as clach. Writers reaching for local colour in Highland or island settings sometimes choose clach rather than the ordinary English word. Outside Scotland and Gaelic-influenced writing the term is rarely met.
How CLACH is used
Scots and Scottish Gaelic in origin; found in dialect speech, place names and writing set in Scotland.
- The old wall was built from rough clach gathered off the hill.
- He carried a clach to mark the path up the glen.
- The clachan took its name from the clach scattered across the field.
- Local children collected clach from the burn for skimming.
- The poem speaks of a lone clach standing on the moor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLACH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CLACH
6 longer words begin with CLACH.
Shorter words from the letters in CLACH
Common questions about CLACH
- Is CLACH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLACH, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLACH worth?
- CLACH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLACH mean?
- A stone, in Scots and Scottish Gaelic usage.
- What letters can be added to CLACH?
- CLACH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CLACH:
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