CLONKY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CLONKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLONKY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLONKY is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLONKY
No single letter turns CLONKY into another word.
How CLONKY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CLONKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,552 thousand.
What stands out about CLONKY
- CLONKY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CLONKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Making a dull, heavy knocking sound, as when something solid strikes something hollow.
Clonky describes a sound rather than a look, such as an old engine or a loose pipe. It sounds a bit more muffled than a sharp rattle.
How CLONKY is used
Clonky is informal and mostly describes machinery or footsteps with a heavy thud.
- The old radiator gave a clonky knock every morning.
- He walked across the boards in clonky boots.
- Something clonky was rolling around in the back of the van.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLONKY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CLONKY
Common questions about CLONKY
- Is CLONKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLONKY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLONKY worth?
- CLONKY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLONKY mean?
- Making a dull, heavy knocking sound, as when something solid strikes something hollow.
- What letters can be added to CLONKY?
- No single letter can be added to CLONKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CLONKY:
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