CLAYPAN is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CLAYPAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLAYPAN?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLAYPAN is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLAYPAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
claypansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLAYPAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CLAYPAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,316 thousand.
What does CLAYPAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A claypan is a dense layer of clay beneath the soil surface, or a shallow hollow with a clay base that holds water.
Because water cannot pass through it, a claypan makes land soggy after rain and hard for roots to penetrate. In dry Australia the same word names a natural pan that fills briefly and then dries to cracked mud.
How CLAYPAN is used
Claypan is used in farming, soil science and Australian landscape description.
- Water pooled above the claypan after the storm.
- The farmer broke up the claypan with a deep plough.
- A dry claypan stretched across the plain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLAYPAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CLAYPAN
1 longer words begin with CLAYPAN.
Shorter words from the letters in CLAYPAN
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Common questions about CLAYPAN
- Is CLAYPAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLAYPAN, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLAYPAN worth?
- CLAYPAN is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLAYPAN mean?
- A claypan is a dense layer of clay beneath the soil surface, or a shallow hollow with a clay base that holds water.
- What letters can be added to CLAYPAN?
- CLAYPAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CLAYPAN:
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