CLEM is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. CLEM is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 8 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CLEM?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLEM is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLEM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
clemsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLEM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CLEM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does CLEM mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialectBritish
To starve, or to be hungry or make someone go hungry.
Clem is a dialect word from parts of northern England, used when food runs short and people or animals go without. A family could clem through a hard winter, and the word carries the plain, blunt sense of real hunger rather than a passing craving.
How CLEM is used
A regional dialect word, mainly heard in northern English speech.
- The family feared they might clem before spring came.
- Don't let the hens clem while you are away.
- He would rather clem than beg for scraps.
- Poor harvests left many in the village to clem.
- The long strike left several families to clem.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLEM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CLEM
11 longer words begin with CLEM.
Words with CLEM inside
10 words contain CLEM in the middle. Words that start with CLEM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CLEM
Common questions about CLEM
- Is CLEM valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CLEM is not in it.
- How many points is CLEM worth?
- CLEM is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLEM mean?
- To starve, or to be hungry or make someone go hungry.
- What letters can be added to CLEM?
- CLEM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CLEM:
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