CLINE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. CLINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLINE?
| 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 CLINE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
clinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLINE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CLINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about CLINE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CLINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A gradual change in a physical trait or characteristic across a series of populations or a geographic range.
A cline appears when a feature such as color, size, or a language sound shifts step by step from one end of a region to the other, without any sharp boundary between the extremes. Biologists use the word to describe how a species varies gradually with climate or latitude, and linguists borrow it to describe gradual dialect variation across an area. The concept matters because it shows continuous change rather than distinct, separate groups.
How CLINE is used
Countable noun, used mainly in biology and linguistics.
- The bird's plumage forms a cline from north to south.
- Researchers mapped a cline in beak size across the islands.
- A dialect cline links the northern and southern accents.
- Temperature tolerance follows a cline along the coastline.
- The study described a cline rather than two separate species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CLINE
The 5 tiles of CLINE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CLINE
1 longer words begin with CLINE.
Words ending in CLINE
20 words end in CLINE. Useful as a back hook: play CLINE onto a word already on the board.
Words with CLINE inside
Showing 24 of 32 words that contain CLINE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CLINE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CLINE
Common questions about CLINE
- Is CLINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLINE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLINE worth?
- CLINE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLINE mean?
- A gradual change in a physical trait or characteristic across a series of populations or a geographic range.
- What letters can be added to CLINE?
- CLINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CLINE:
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