CLEANUP is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CLEANUP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLEANUP?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLEANUP is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLEANUP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cleanupsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLEANUP scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CLEANUP, 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 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does CLEANUP mean in Scrabble?
noun
The act or process of making a place or thing clean and tidy again after a mess.
A cleanup may follow a storm, a party, a spill or a software crash, and the word stresses the effort after the damage rather than the damage itself. In baseball the cleanup spot is the fourth place in the batting order.
How CLEANUP is used
Cleanup is common in everyday speech, in news about disasters and in programming.
- The volunteers spent the weekend on the beach cleanup.
- After the flood, the cleanup took weeks.
- He batted in the cleanup position for the whole season.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLEANUP and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CLEANUP
The 7 tiles of CLEANUP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CLEANUP
1 longer words begin with CLEANUP.
Shorter words from the letters in CLEANUP
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Common questions about CLEANUP
- Is CLEANUP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLEANUP, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLEANUP worth?
- CLEANUP is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLEANUP mean?
- The act or process of making a place or thing clean and tidy again after a mess.
- What letters can be added to CLEANUP?
- CLEANUP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CLEANUP:
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