CLERISY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CLERISY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLERISY?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLERISY is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLERISY
No single letter turns CLERISY into another word.
How CLERISY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CLERISY, 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 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does CLERISY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formalliterary
The class of educated and intellectual people in a society.
Clerisy suggests a recognised body of scholars and writers who shape public opinion, somewhat like a secular clergy. Coleridge helped popularise the term in the nineteenth century.
How CLERISY is used
Appears in essays about culture and politics, sometimes with a slightly ironic tone.
- The newspaper spoke for the liberal clerisy of the capital.
- Coleridge dreamed of a national clerisy that would guard learning.
- He mocked the clerisy for living far from ordinary life.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLERISY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CLERISY
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Common questions about CLERISY
- Is CLERISY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLERISY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLERISY worth?
- CLERISY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLERISY mean?
- The class of educated and intellectual people in a society.
- What letters can be added to CLERISY?
- No single letter can be added to CLERISY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CLERISY:
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