CLEEK is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CLEEK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLEEK?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLEEK is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLEEK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cleeksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLEEK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CLEEK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 142,590.
What does CLEEK mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotshistorical
A large hook used for grasping or hanging something, especially clothing or pots; also, an old type of golf club with a narrow iron head.
Cleek began life north of the border as a dialect name for a big curved fastener, the sort mounted on a wall or beam for suspending kettles, coats and other bulky items within easy reach. Golfers later adopted the same name for one particular iron-headed club, thin-faced and nearly upright, once favoured for a low, driving shot when the ball sat awkwardly in the grass. Modern sets have long since dropped named clubs in favour of numbered irons, so this sporting sense now belongs chiefly to the earlier history of the game. As a verb, cleeking meant snatching or seizing suddenly, echoing the same picture of catching hold with a curved grip.
How CLEEK is used
Historical and Scots in origin; the hook sense survives mainly in dialect, and the golf club sense belongs to the older history of the sport.
- A row of pots hung from the iron cleek above the hearth.
- The old golfer still owned a battered cleek from his youth.
- She reached up and lifted the coat down from the cleek.
- Museum visitors examined a nineteenth-century cleek used on the links.
- He cleeked the basket from the hook without slowing his step.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLEEK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CLEEK
4 longer words begin with CLEEK.
Shorter words from the letters in CLEEK
Common questions about CLEEK
- Is CLEEK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLEEK, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLEEK worth?
- CLEEK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLEEK mean?
- A large hook used for grasping or hanging something, especially clothing or pots; also, an old type of golf club with a narrow iron head.
- What letters can be added to CLEEK?
- CLEEK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CLEEK:
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