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Is clerisy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word clerisy is a Scrabble US word. The word clerisy is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

C3L1E1R1I1S1Y4

Is clerisy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word clerisy is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

C3L1E1R1I1S1Y4

Is clerisy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word clerisy is a Words With Friends word. The word clerisy is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4L2E1R1I1S1Y3

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7-letter words (1 found)

CLERISY,

6-letter words (4 found)

CRESYL,LYRICS,RELICS,SLICER,

5-letter words (24 found)

CEILS,CIELS,CIRES,CIRLS,CLIES,CRIES,CRISE,ERICS,ICERS,LEIRS,LIERS,LYRES,LYRIC,RELIC,RICES,RICEY,RIELS,RILES,RILEY,SERIC,SILER,SLICE,SLIER,SLYER,

4-letter words (40 found)

CEIL,CELS,CIEL,CIRE,CIRL,CRIS,ERIC,ICER,ICES,IRES,ISLE,LEIR,LEIS,LEYS,LICE,LIER,LIES,LIRE,LYES,LYRE,LYSE,RECS,REIS,RELY,RICE,RICY,RIEL,RILE,RISE,RYES,SCRY,SCYE,SEIL,SEIR,SICE,SILE,SIRE,SLEY,SYCE,SYLI,

3-letter words (31 found)

CEL,CIS,CLY,CRY,ELS,ERS,ICE,ICY,IRE,LEI,LES,LEY,LIE,LIS,LYE,REC,REI,RES,RYE,SEC,SEI,SEL,SER,SEY,SIC,SIR,SLY,SRI,SYE,YER,YES,

2-letter words (8 found)

EL,ER,ES,IS,LI,RE,SI,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 109 words from clerisy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of clerisy

clerisy

Etymology

Introduced by Coleridge, based on German Clerisei (modern Klerisei), from Late Latin clēricus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɛɹɪsi/
  • Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪsi

Noun

clerisy (countable and uncountable, plural clerisies)

  1. An elite group of intellectuals; learned people, the literati.
    • 2003: By the nineteenth-century clerisy […] Christianity itself, yoked to material civilization, came to be questioned as gross and vulgar. — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 432)
    • 2016: Only the highly educated write so badly. Indeed, the point of such ludicrous prose is to signal membership in a closed clerisy that possesses a private language. — George F. Will, Washington Post, 18 Nov, 2016
    • 2022: We invent ourselves as American writers—it's not a clerisy we’re born into... — Edward Hirsch, The Heart of American Poetry (Library of America, 2022)
  2. The clergy, or their opinions, as opposed to the laity.

Synonyms

  • intelligentsia

Anagrams

  • slicery

Source: wiktionary.org