CLYPE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. CLYPE 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 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept CLYPE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLYPE is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLYPE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLYPE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CLYPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does CLYPE mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To tell tales on someone, especially to report their wrongdoing to a person in authority, as children do to a teacher or parent.
Clype is a Scots word most often heard among schoolchildren, where it describes running to a teacher to report a classmate's misbehaviour. The same word also works as a noun for the person who does the telling, sometimes with a sense of contempt for someone seen as sneaky. Unlike the neutral verb inform, clype carries a playground flavour and is rarely used in formal writing. It survives strongly in Scotland and parts of northern England, especially in speech rather than print.
How CLYPE is used
Scots dialect; common in everyday speech in Scotland, especially among children talking about telling on one another.
- Nobody wanted to clype on their best friend.
- He was told never to clype to the teacher.
- She threatened to clype if they broke another window.
- The boy who liked to clype was not popular in the playground.
- Even a small prank made her want to clype straight away.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLYPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CLYPE
7 longer words begin with CLYPE.
Shorter words from the letters in CLYPE
Common questions about CLYPE
- Is CLYPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLYPE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLYPE worth?
- CLYPE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLYPE mean?
- To tell tales on someone, especially to report their wrongdoing to a person in authority, as children do to a teacher or parent.
- What letters can be added to CLYPE?
- CLYPE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CLYPE:
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