CLEARCUTTING is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CLEARCUTTING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLEARCUTTING?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLEARCUTTING is to know. It scores 17 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLEARCUTTING
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
clearcuttingsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLEARCUTTING scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in CLEARCUTTING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CLEARCUTTING has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CLEARCUTTING mean in Scrabble?
noun
The felling of all the trees in an area of forest at once.
Clearcutting is cheap and fast for loggers but leaves bare ground that can erode and take decades to regrow. Environmental groups often protest it, while forestry firms defend it as a practical harvest method.
How CLEARCUTTING is used
Used in forestry and environmental debates, sometimes written as clear-cutting.
- Clearcutting stripped the whole hillside of trees.
- The county banned clearcutting near rivers.
- Protesters gathered to oppose clearcutting in the old forest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLEARCUTTING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CLEARCUTTING
1 longer words begin with CLEARCUTTING.
Shorter words from the letters in CLEARCUTTING
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Common questions about CLEARCUTTING
- Is CLEARCUTTING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLEARCUTTING, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLEARCUTTING worth?
- CLEARCUTTING is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLEARCUTTING mean?
- The felling of all the trees in an area of forest at once.
- What letters can be added to CLEARCUTTING?
- CLEARCUTTING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of CLEARCUTTING:
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