CLEANISH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CLEANISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLEANISH?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLEANISH is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLEANISH
No single letter turns CLEANISH into another word.
How CLEANISH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CLEANISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CLEANISH has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CLEANISH
- All 8 letters of CLEANISH are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CLEANISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Fairly tidy or unsoiled, though not perfectly so.
The ending -ish softens the claim, so cleanish suits a judgement made by eye rather than by inspection. People reach for it when something would pass in a hurry but not under a close look.
How CLEANISH is used
Used casually for shirts, rooms and dishes that will do but are not spotless, as in "a cleanish towel".
- I found a cleanish shirt at the bottom of the bag.
- The hotel room was cleanish, if you ignored the carpet.
- He wiped the table with a cleanish cloth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLEANISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CLEANISH
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Common questions about CLEANISH
- Is CLEANISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLEANISH, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLEANISH worth?
- CLEANISH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLEANISH mean?
- Fairly tidy or unsoiled, though not perfectly so.
- What letters can be added to CLEANISH?
- No single letter can be added to CLEANISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CLEANISH:
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