CLOY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CLOY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLOY?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLOY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLOY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLOY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CLOY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,635.
What does CLOY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To sicken somebody with too much sweetness.
Cloy came from a word about driving a nail into a horse's hoof, through the idea of blocking something. The sweetness sense is all that survives, and the original has gone entirely.
How CLOY is used
Cloyed, cloying. Chiefly about sweetness.
- The sweetness cloyed after the second spoonful.
- The word cloy once meant to block something.
- A cloying sentiment is worse than none.
- Nothing of the original sense of cloy survives.
- Two cloying scenes in a row and the audience left.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLOY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CLOY
The 4 tiles of CLOY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CLOY
10 longer words begin with CLOY.
Words ending in CLOY
2 words end in CLOY. Useful as a back hook: play CLOY onto a word already on the board.
Words with CLOY inside
8 words contain CLOY in the middle. Words that start with CLOY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CLOY
Common questions about CLOY
- Is CLOY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLOY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLOY worth?
- CLOY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLOY mean?
- To sicken somebody with too much sweetness.
- What letters can be added to CLOY?
- CLOY takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CLOY:
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