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Is clad a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word clad is a Scrabble US word. The word clad is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is clad a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word clad is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

C3L1A1D2

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Yes. The word clad is a Words With Friends word. The word clad is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

CLAD,

3-letter words (5 found)

CAD,CAL,DAL,LAC,LAD,

2-letter words (4 found)

AD,AL,DA,LA,

You can make 10 words from clad according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of clad

clad lcad cald acld lacd alcd clda lcda cdla dcla ldca dlca cadl acdl cdal dcal adcl dacl ladc aldc ldac dlac adlc dalc

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Definitions and meaning of clad

clad

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /klæd/
  • Rhymes: -æd

Etymology 1

From Middle English clad, cladde, cled(e), cledde, past tense and past participle forms of clethen (“(also figurative) to put clothing on, clothe, dress; to provide clothing to; to arm, equip; to cover, envelop; to conceal; to adorn”), from Old English clǣðan (past tense clǣðde, *clædde), probably from clǣþ, clāþ (“cloth; (plural) clothes”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-, *gley- (“to adhere, cling, stick to”).

Verb

clad

  1. (archaic) simple past and past participle of clothe

Etymology 2

From Middle English clad(d), cladde, clade, past tense and past participle forms of clathen, clothen (“to put clothing on, clothe, dress”), from Old English clāðian, clāþian (“to clothe”) (past participle ġeclāded, ġeclaðed, ġeclaðod), from clāþ, clǣþ (“cloth; (plural) clothes”); see further at etymology 1.

Adjective

clad (not comparable)

  1. (of a person, preceded by a garment type) Wearing clothing or some other covering (for example, an armour) on the body; clothed, dressed.
    Synonyms: attired, beclad, raimented; see also Thesaurus:clothed
    Antonyms: unclad; see also Thesaurus:naked
  2. (of an object, often in compounds) Covered, enveloped in, or surrounded by a cladding, or a specified material or substance.
  3. (figurative) Adorned, ornamented.
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Etymology 3

Apparently derived from clad (adjective); see etymology 2. Uses of clad as the simple past and past participle form of clad are indistinguishable from uses of the word as the simple past and past participle form of clothe.

Verb

clad (third-person singular simple present clads, present participle cladding, simple past and past participle clad or cladded)

  1. (archaic, literary or obsolete, past tense clad) To clothe, to dress.
  2. (past tense clad or cladded) To cover with a cladding or another material (for example, insulation).
  3. (figurative, past tense clad) To imbue (with a specified quality); to envelop or surround.
Derived terms
  • cladded (adjective)
  • cladder
  • cladding (noun)
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  • DACL

Source: wiktionary.org