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Is clause a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word clause is a Scrabble US word. The word clause is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is clause a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word clause is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

C3L1A1U1S1E1

Is clause a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word clause is a Words With Friends word. The word clause is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (3 found)

CAULES,CLAUSE,SECULA,

5-letter words (10 found)

ALECS,CAULS,CAUSE,CLAES,CLUES,LACES,LUCES,SALUE,SAUCE,SCALE,

4-letter words (27 found)

ACES,AESC,ALEC,ALES,ALUS,CALS,CASE,CAUL,CEAS,CELS,CLUE,CUES,EAUS,ECUS,LACE,LACS,LASE,LEAS,LUCE,LUES,SALE,SAUL,SCUL,SEAL,SLAE,SLUE,ULES,

3-letter words (27 found)

ACE,ALE,ALS,ALU,AUE,CAL,CEL,CUE,EAS,EAU,ECU,ELS,LAC,LAS,LEA,LES,LEU,SAC,SAE,SAL,SAU,SEA,SEC,SEL,SUE,ULE,USE,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AL,AS,EA,EL,ES,LA,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 76 words from clause according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of clause

clause

Etymology

From Middle English clause, claus, borrowed from Old French clause, from Medieval Latin clausa (Latin diminutive clausula (“close, end; a clause, close of a period”)), from Latin clausus, past participle of claudere (“to shut, close”). See close, its doublet.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /klɔːz/
  • (US) IPA(key): /klɔz/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /klɑz/
  • Homophone: claws
  • Rhymes: -ɔːz

Noun

clause (plural clauses)

  1. (grammar) A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them.
  2. (grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is (subordinate) dependent.
  3. (law) A separate part of a contract, a will or another legal document.

Usage notes

In “When it got dark, they went back into the house”, “When it got dark” is a dependent clause within the complete sentence. The independent clause “they went back into the house” could stand alone as a sentence, whereas the dependent clause could not.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

  • close

Translations

Verb

clause (third-person singular simple present clauses, present participle clausing, simple past and past participle claused)

  1. (transitive, shipping) To amend (a bill of lading or similar document).

Further reading

  • “clause”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “clause”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Caelus, secula

French

Etymology

From Old French clause, borrowed from Medieval Latin clausa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kloz/

Noun

clause f (plural clauses)

  1. clause

Further reading

  • “clause”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Participle

clause

  1. vocative masculine singular of clausus

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • clawse, claus

Etymology

From Old French clause, from Medieval Latin clausa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklau̯z(ə)/

Noun

clause (plural clauses)

  1. sentence, clause
  2. statement, line (of a text)
  3. writing, text, document, letter
  4. A section or portion of a text; a part of a series of quotes
  5. (law) A clause, term, or consideration; a section in a legal document.

Descendants

  • English: clause

References

  • “clause, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

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