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Is clean a Scrabble word?

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

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Is clean a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3L1E1A1N1

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Yes. The word clean is a Words With Friends word. The word clean is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (3 found)

ANCLE,CLEAN,LANCE,

4-letter words (10 found)

ACNE,ALEC,ANCE,CANE,CLAN,ELAN,LACE,LANE,LEAN,NEAL,

3-letter words (10 found)

ACE,ALE,ANE,CAL,CAN,CEL,EAN,LAC,LEA,NAE,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AL,AN,EA,EL,EN,LA,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 33 words from clean according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of clean

clean lcean celan eclan lecan elcan claen lcaen calen aclen lacen alcen cealn ecaln caeln aceln eacln aecln leacn elacn laecn alecn ealcn aelcn clena lcena celna eclna lecna elcna clnea lcnea cnlea nclea lncea nlcea cenla ecnla cnela ncela encla necla lenca elnca lneca nleca enlca nelca clane lcane calne aclne lacne alcne clnae lcnae cnlae nclae lncae nlcae canle acnle cnale ncale ancle nacle lance alnce lnace nlace anlce nalce ceanl ecanl caenl acenl eacnl aecnl cenal ecnal cneal nceal encal necal canel acnel cnael ncael ancel nacel eancl aencl enacl neacl anecl naecl leanc elanc laenc alenc ealnc aelnc lenac elnac lneac nleac enlac nelac lanec alnec lnaec nlaec anlec nalec eanlc aenlc enalc nealc anelc naelc

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Definitions and meaning of clean

clean

Etymology

From Middle English clene, clane, from Old English clǣne (“clean, pure”), from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *glēy- (“gleaming”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to gleam”).

Cognate with Scots clean (“absolute, pure, clear, empty”) and clene, clane (“clean”), North Frisian klien (“small”), Dutch klein (“small”), Low German kleen (“small”), German klein (“small”), Swedish klen (“weak, feeble, delicate”), Icelandic klénn (“poor, feeble, petty, snug, puny, cheesy, lame”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kliːn/, [kʰl̥iːn]
  • (General American) enPR: klēn, IPA(key): /klin/, [kʰl̥ĩn]
  • (Ireland, dated), enPR: klān, IPA(key): /kleːn/, [kʰl̥eːn]
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Adjective

clean (comparative cleaner, superlative cleanest)

  1. (physical) Free of dirt or impurities.
    1. Not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
    2. In an unmarked condition.
    3. (aerodynamics) Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
    4. (aviation) Having the undercarriage and flaps in the up position.
      Antonym: dirty
    5. Empty.
    6. (of metal) Having relatively few impurities.
  2. (behavioural) Free of immorality or criminality.
    1. Pure, especially morally or religiously.
    2. Not having used drugs or alcohol.
    3. (of criminal, driving, etc. records) Without restrictions or penalties, or someone having such a record.
    4. (informal) Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.
    5. (informal) Devoid of profanity.
  3. Smooth, exact, and performed well.
  4. (obsolete) Total; utter. (still in "clean sweep")
  5. (informal) Cool or neat.
  6. (health) Devoid of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
  7. That does not damage the environment.
  8. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
  9. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
  10. Well-proportioned; shapely.
  11. (climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.

Synonyms

  • (not dirty): Thesaurus:clean

Antonyms

  • dirty
  • unclean

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Translations

Noun

clean (plural cleans)

  1. Removal of dirt.
  2. (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.

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Verb

clean (third-person singular simple present cleans, present participle cleaning, simple past and past participle cleaned)

  1. (transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
  2. (transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
  3. (transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
  4. (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
  5. (transitive, computing) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
  6. (intransitive, curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.
  7. (manga fandom slang) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
  8. (video games) Synonym of clean up
  9. To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:make clean

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Adverb

clean (comparative cleaner, superlative cleanest)

  1. Fully and completely.
  2. (professional wrestling slang) To defeat an opponent without using submission holds, disqualification, interference, etc. (i.e. by pinfall).

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Translations

Anagrams

  • Calne, Lance, Lenca, ancle, clane, lance

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English clean.

Adjective

clean (neuter clean, plural and definite singular attributive clean)

  1. drugfree, not having used recreational drugs

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English clean. Doublet of klein.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kliːn]

Adjective

clean (strong nominative masculine singular cleaner, comparative cleaner, superlative am cleansten)

  1. (colloquial) clean, drugfree

Declension

Further reading

  • “clean” in Duden online
  • “clean” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish clíabán.

Noun

clean m (genitive singular clean, plural cleanyn)

  1. cradle (oscillating bed for a baby)
  2. cot
  3. cage (of birds)
  4. pannier

Mutation

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian клян (kljan), from Proto-Slavic *klěnь.

Noun

clean m (plural cleni)

  1. chub (Squalius cephalus)

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org