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Is cloven a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cloven is a Scrabble US word. The word cloven is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is cloven a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cloven is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

C3L1O1V4E1N1

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Yes. The word cloven is a Words With Friends word. The word cloven is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

CLOVEN,

5-letter words (4 found)

CLONE,CLOVE,COVEN,NOVEL,

4-letter words (15 found)

CLON,COLE,CONE,COVE,ENOL,LENO,LEVO,LONE,LOVE,NOEL,NOLE,ONCE,OVEL,OVEN,VOLE,

3-letter words (11 found)

CEL,COL,CON,ECO,EON,EVO,LEV,OLE,ONE,VOE,VOL,

2-letter words (7 found)

EL,EN,LO,NE,NO,OE,ON,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 39 words from cloven according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cloven

cloven

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -əʊvən
  • Rhymes: -uːvən

Verb

cloven

  1. past participle of cleave

Adjective

cloven

  1. Split, sundered, or divided.

Derived terms

  • cloven foot, cloven-footed, show the cloven foot
  • cloven hoof, cloven-hoofed, cloven-hooved

Translations

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Causative form of clieven, from Old Dutch *clievan, from Proto-Germanic *kleubaną. Related to Middle English cleven and Middle High German klieben.

Verb

cloven

  1. (transitive) to cleave, to cut
    Synonyms: schiden, clieven
  2. (transitive) to split
    Synonyms: spliten, *splissen, clieven
  3. (transitive) to separate
    Synonyms: scheiden, verdelen
  4. (transitive) to isolate
    Synonym: sonderen
  5. (intransitive) to break, to become split
    Synonyms: clieven, breken

Derived terms

  • cloofhamer

Descendants

  • Dutch: kloven
    • Afrikaans: kloof

Further reading

  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “cloven”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
  • “cloven”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • clove, clofenn, clovyn, clofen, i-clove, y clove

Etymology

From Old English clofen, ġeclofen, past participle of clēofan, from Proto-Germanic *klubanaz, past participle of *kleubaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɔːvən/, /ˈklɔːvə/, /iˈklɔːvə/, /əˈklɔːvə/

Verb

cloven

  1. past participle of cleven (“to split”)

Descendants

  • English: cloven
  • Scots: clowen, cloen

References

  • “clōve(n, ppl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-31.

Adjective

cloven

  1. Split, cloven, separated, divided (used of anatomical features)

Descendants

  • English: cloven
  • Scots: clowen, cloen

References

  • “clōve(n, ppl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-31.

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