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Is clout a Scrabble word?

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

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Is clout a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

CLOUT,

4-letter words (6 found)

CLOT,CLOU,COLT,CULT,LOUT,TOLU,

3-letter words (7 found)

COL,COT,CUT,LOT,LOU,OUT,TOC,

2-letter words (4 found)

LO,OU,TO,UT,

You can make 18 words from clout according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of clout

clout lcout colut oclut locut olcut cluot lcuot culot uclot lucot ulcot coult ocult cuolt ucolt ouclt uoclt louct oluct luoct uloct oulct uolct clotu lcotu coltu ocltu loctu olctu cltou lctou ctlou tclou ltcou tlcou cotlu octlu ctolu tcolu otclu toclu lotcu oltcu ltocu tlocu otlcu tolcu cluto lcuto culto uclto lucto ulcto cltuo lctuo ctluo tcluo ltcuo tlcuo cutlo uctlo ctulo tculo utclo tuclo lutco ultco ltuco tluco utlco tulco coutl ocutl cuotl ucotl ouctl uoctl cotul octul ctoul tcoul otcul tocul cutol uctol ctuol tcuol utcol tucol outcl uotcl otucl toucl utocl tuocl loutc olutc luotc ulotc oultc uoltc lotuc oltuc ltouc tlouc otluc toluc lutoc ultoc ltuoc tluoc utloc tuloc outlc uotlc otulc toulc utolc tuolc

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Definitions and meaning of clout

clout

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klaʊt/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /klʌʊt/
  • Rhymes: -aʊt

Etymology 1

From Middle English clout, from Old English clūt, from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gelewdos, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up, amass”). The sense “influence, especially political” originated in the dialect of Chicago, but has become widespread.

Noun

clout (countable and uncountable, plural clouts)

  1. (informal) Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
  2. (regional, informal) A blow with the hand.
  3. (baseball, informal) A home run.
  4. (archery) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
  5. (regional, dated) A swaddling cloth.
  6. (archaic) A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
  7. (archaic) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
  8. A clout nail.
  9. (obsolete) A piece; a fragment.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

clout (third-person singular simple present clouts, present participle clouting, simple past and past participle clouted) (transitive)

  1. To hit (someone or something), especially with the fist.
  2. To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout.
  3. To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
  4. To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
  5. To join or patch clumsily.
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Etymology 2

Verb

clout (third-person singular simple present clouts, present participle clouting, simple past and past participle clouted)

  1. Dated form of clot.

References

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English clūt, from Proto-West Germanic *klūt, from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz. Compare cloud.

Alternative forms

  • clowt, cloute, clowte, clowtt

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kluːt/

Noun

clout (plural cloutes)

  1. A (smaller) piece of fabric; a shred:
    1. A patch (fabric for mending).
    2. A bandage or dressing (for wounds)
    3. rag, tatter (piece of clothing)
  2. A (larger) piece of fabric; a cloth:
    1. Threadbare or inferior clothing.
    2. Cloth for wrapping babies; swaddling clothes.
    3. A burial shroud.
  3. A washer; a round metal panel.
  4. A fragment or shred.
  5. A strike, blow or hit.
Related terms
  • clouten
  • clouting
  • clowter
Descendants
  • English: clout
  • Scots: clout, cloot
References
  • “clǒut, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  • “clǒut, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

clout

  1. Alternative form of clouten

Source: wiktionary.org