CLEG is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. CLEG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLEG?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLEG is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLEG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
clegsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLEG scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CLEG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does CLEG mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectBritish
A horsefly, of the kind that bites without warning.
The cleg is the quiet one: no buzz, no circling, just a landing you do not notice and a bite you certainly do. It works in dull warm weather and near cattle and water, and northern English, Scots and Irish keep the word where the rest of the language has gadfly.
How CLEG is used
Countable: a cleg, two clegs. Chiefly northern English, Scots and Irish.
- A cleg got him on the back of the knee.
- Clegs are worst on a still grey afternoon.
- You never hear a cleg coming.
- The cattle stamped all evening because of the clegs.
- One cleg can ruin an hour by the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLEG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CLEG
1 longer words begin with CLEG.
Shorter words from the letters in CLEG
Common questions about CLEG
- Is CLEG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLEG, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLEG worth?
- CLEG is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLEG mean?
- A horsefly, of the kind that bites without warning.
- What letters can be added to CLEG?
- CLEG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CLEG:
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