CLAPBOARD is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CLAPBOARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLAPBOARD?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLAPBOARD is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLAPBOARD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
clapboardsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLAPBOARD scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CLAPBOARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CLAPBOARD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CLAPBOARD mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A long thin board, thicker along one edge, laid in overlapping rows to cover the outer walls of a house.
Clapboard gives many New England homes their typical striped look. In Britain the same cladding is usually called weatherboard.
How CLAPBOARD is used
The word clapboard is used for wooden siding, and also as a verb meaning to cover with such boards.
- The farmhouse was covered in white clapboard and had green shutters.
- He spent the summer painting the clapboard on the north side.
- A rotten strip of clapboard let rain into the wall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLAPBOARD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CLAPBOARD
3 longer words begin with CLAPBOARD.
Shorter words from the letters in CLAPBOARD
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Common questions about CLAPBOARD
- Is CLAPBOARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLAPBOARD, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLAPBOARD worth?
- CLAPBOARD is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLAPBOARD mean?
- A long thin board, thicker along one edge, laid in overlapping rows to cover the outer walls of a house.
- What letters can be added to CLAPBOARD?
- CLAPBOARD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CLAPBOARD:
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