CLOZE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CLOZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLOZE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLOZE is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLOZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
clozesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLOZE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CLOZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does CLOZE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A test or exercise in which words are removed from a passage and the reader must supply them.
A cloze presents a text with certain words blanked out at regular intervals. The person completing it must use context to guess each missing word, a method teachers use to measure reading comprehension.
How CLOZE is used
- The teacher handed out a cloze to test vocabulary.
- Students filled in the blanks on the cloze about the rainforest.
- The exam included a cloze section worth twenty points.
- She designed a cloze using a passage from the novel.
- Completing the cloze required careful attention to context.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLOZE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CLOZE
1 longer words begin with CLOZE.
Shorter words from the letters in CLOZE
Common questions about CLOZE
- Is CLOZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLOZE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLOZE worth?
- CLOZE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLOZE mean?
- A test or exercise in which words are removed from a passage and the reader must supply them.
- What letters can be added to CLOZE?
- CLOZE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CLOZE:
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