CLEPT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CLEPT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLEPT?
| 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 CLEPT is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLEPT
Front hooks — 1
ycleptBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CLEPT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CLEPT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does CLEPT mean in Scrabble?
other
archaic
The archaic past tense and past participle of clepe, meaning called or named.
clept is the past form of the old verb clepe, an early English word meaning to call or name someone or something. Medieval writers used clept where a modern writer would use called, as in a place clept such and such. The form survives today mainly in quotations from earlier literature and in deliberately archaic phrasing.
How CLEPT is used
Archaic; the past-tense partner of clepe, found only in older or quoted writing.
- The old poem says the castle was clept the White Tower.
- He was clept a coward by those who never knew him.
- The chronicle records a knight clept Roland the Bold.
- That stream was clept the Silver Water by the villagers.
- The manuscript states the child was clept after her grandmother.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLEPT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CLEPT
6 longer words begin with CLEPT.
Words ending in CLEPT
1 words end in CLEPT. Useful as a back hook: play CLEPT onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in CLEPT
Common questions about CLEPT
- Is CLEPT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLEPT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLEPT worth?
- CLEPT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLEPT mean?
- The archaic past tense and past participle of clepe, meaning called or named.
- What letters can be added to CLEPT?
- CLEPT takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CLEPT:
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