CLOU is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. CLOU is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept CLOU?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLOU is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLOU
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLOU scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CLOU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 15,317.
What does CLOU mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
The chief point of interest or central attraction of an event, taken from the French word for a nail.
Clou entered English as a literary borrowing from French, where it names the one striking feature that everyone remembers about an evening, a performance or an argument. Writers use it to point at the single high point around which everything else turns.
How CLOU is used
Literary and somewhat old-fashioned; found in essays and criticism rather than everyday speech.
- The final aria was the clou of the whole opera.
- Critics called the duel scene the clou of the film.
- For most guests, the fireworks were the clou of the evening.
- The essay builds slowly toward its real clou.
- Her closing argument served as the clou of the speech.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLOU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CLOU
Showing 24 of 44 words that begin with CLOU.
Words with CLOU inside
Showing 24 of 28 words that contain CLOU somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CLOU are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CLOU
Common questions about CLOU
- Is CLOU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLOU, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLOU worth?
- CLOU is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLOU mean?
- The chief point of interest or central attraction of an event, taken from the French word for a nail.
- What letters can be added to CLOU?
- CLOU takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CLOU:
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