CLAM is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CLAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLAM?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLAM is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLAM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLAM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CLAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does CLAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A burrowing bivalve mollusc.
Clam is short for a phrase about a clamp, from the way the two shells hold shut. The phrase about being silent follows directly and is American, from the nineteenth century.
How CLAM is used
Countable. Also a verb: clammed, clams.
- A clam buries itself and waits for the tide.
- The word clam comes from a word about clamping.
- He clammed up as soon as the recorder started.
- Two clams of the same species and different age.
- The silence sense of clam is American.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CLAM
The 4 tiles of CLAM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CLAM
Showing 24 of 63 words that begin with CLAM.
Words ending in CLAM
1 words end in CLAM. Useful as a back hook: play CLAM onto a word already on the board.
Words with CLAM inside
Showing 24 of 51 words that contain CLAM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CLAM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CLAM
Common questions about CLAM
- Is CLAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLAM, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLAM worth?
- CLAM is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLAM mean?
- A burrowing bivalve mollusc.
- What letters can be added to CLAM?
- CLAM takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CLAM:
Open CLAM in the Word Finder