CLERID is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CLERID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLERID?
| 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 CLERID is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLERID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cleridsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLERID scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CLERID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does CLERID mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A beetle of the family Cleridae, usually brightly coloured or metallic and often a hunter of other insects.
Checkered beetles are the best-known clerids, and many species hunt wood-boring insects under bark or in timber. Both the adults and the larvae are predators, which makes the family useful in forestry as a natural check on pests. The name comes from the Greek word for a honeycomb, referring to the habits of some members, and it appears mainly in entomology.
How CLERID is used
Technical; used by entomologists and in field guides.
- The clerid crawled along the bark hunting for beetle larvae.
- A bright clerid with a banded back sat on the fence post.
- Foresters value every clerid they find in an infested stand.
- The collector pinned a metallic clerid beside the weevils.
- Each clerid in the tray had come from a different pine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLERID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CLERID
1 longer words begin with CLERID.
Shorter words from the letters in CLERID
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Common questions about CLERID
- Is CLERID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLERID, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLERID worth?
- CLERID is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLERID mean?
- A beetle of the family Cleridae, usually brightly coloured or metallic and often a hunter of other insects.
- What letters can be added to CLERID?
- CLERID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CLERID:
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