CLOISTER is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CLOISTER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLOISTER?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLOISTER is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLOISTER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cloistersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLOISTER scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CLOISTER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CLOISTER has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CLOISTER
- All 8 letters of CLOISTER are different — nothing repeats.
- The same 8 tiles also spell 3 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 CLOISTER mean in Scrabble?
noun
A covered walkway with arches around a courtyard, especially in a monastery, or a place of religious seclusion.
A cloister gives monks or students shelter to walk and think while staying in the open air. As a verb it means to shut someone away from the world, and the same idea gave us the word claustrophobia.
How CLOISTER is used
Cloister is used as a noun for the building and as a verb for seclusion.
- The monks walked slowly round the cloister.
- She chose to cloister herself in a quiet country house to write.
- Sunlight fell across the stone cloister in the afternoon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLOISTER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CLOISTER
The 8 tiles of CLOISTER in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with CLOISTER
5 longer words begin with CLOISTER.
Shorter words from the letters in CLOISTER
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Common questions about CLOISTER
- Is CLOISTER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLOISTER, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLOISTER worth?
- CLOISTER is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLOISTER mean?
- A covered walkway with arches around a courtyard, especially in a monastery, or a place of religious seclusion.
- What letters can be added to CLOISTER?
- CLOISTER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CLOISTER:
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