CLERIHEW is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CLERIHEW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLERIHEW?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLERIHEW is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLERIHEW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
clerihewsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLERIHEW scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CLERIHEW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CLERIHEW has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CLERIHEW mean in Scrabble?
noun
A short comic verse of four lines about a famous person, whose name usually ends the first line.
The clerihew was invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley and rhymes in pairs, with lines of uneven length. Its joke lies in the silly, often wrong claims it makes about a serious figure.
How CLERIHEW is used
Clerihew names a fixed light verse form and is mostly known to readers of humorous poetry.
- He wrote a clerihew about Sir Christopher Wren.
- The clerihew ended with a ridiculous rhyme.
- Each clerihew in the collection mocked a different statesman.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLERIHEW and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CLERIHEW
1 longer words begin with CLERIHEW.
Shorter words from the letters in CLERIHEW
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Common questions about CLERIHEW
- Is CLERIHEW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLERIHEW, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLERIHEW worth?
- CLERIHEW is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLERIHEW mean?
- A short comic verse of four lines about a famous person, whose name usually ends the first line.
- What letters can be added to CLERIHEW?
- CLERIHEW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CLERIHEW:
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