CLERKISH is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CLERKISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLERKISH?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLERKISH is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLERKISH
No single letter turns CLERKISH into another word.
How CLERKISH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CLERKISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CLERKISH has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CLERKISH
- All 8 letters of CLERKISH are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CLERKISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Typical of or suited to a clerk, especially in a precise, routine and unadventurous way.
The word paints a picture of careful, tidy habits and paper-bound dullness. It may be a gentle description of neat handwriting, or a sharper dig at someone whose life seems all forms and stamps, and clerkish is rarely a compliment.
How CLERKISH is used
Rare adjective, often mildly disparaging, for neat, routine, office-like manners.
- He had a clerkish habit of labelling every drawer.
- The poem mocks the clerkish caution of the new manager.
- Her handwriting was small, upright and clerkish.
- They found his clerkish tone dull but reassuring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLERKISH and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CLERKISH
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Common questions about CLERKISH
- Is CLERKISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLERKISH, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLERKISH worth?
- CLERKISH is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLERKISH mean?
- Typical of or suited to a clerk, especially in a precise, routine and unadventurous way.
- What letters can be added to CLERKISH?
- No single letter can be added to CLERKISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CLERKISH:
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