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Is clowder a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word clowder is a Scrabble US word. The word clowder is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is clowder a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word clowder is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

C3L1O1W4D2E1R1

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

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7-letter words (1 found)

CLOWDER,

6-letter words (5 found)

CLOWED,COLDER,COWLED,CROWED,WELDOR,

5-letter words (22 found)

CEORL,CODER,COLED,CORED,COWED,COWER,CREDO,CROWD,DECOR,DOLCE,DOWEL,DOWER,DOWLE,DROLE,LOWED,LOWER,OLDER,OWLED,OWLER,ROWED,ROWEL,WORLD,

4-letter words (44 found)

CERO,CLEW,CLOD,CLOW,CODE,COED,COLD,COLE,CORD,CORE,COWL,CRED,CREW,CROW,DECO,DELO,DERO,DOER,DOLE,DORE,DOWL,DREW,DROW,ECOD,EORL,LEWD,LODE,LORD,LORE,LOWE,OLDE,ORLE,OWED,OWER,OWRE,REDO,RODE,ROED,ROLE,WELD,WERO,WOLD,WORD,WORE,

3-letter words (37 found)

CEL,COD,COL,COR,COW,DEL,DEW,DOC,DOE,DOL,DOR,DOW,ECO,ELD,LED,LEW,LOD,LOR,LOW,ODE,OLD,OLE,ORC,ORD,ORE,OWE,OWL,REC,RED,REO,REW,ROC,ROD,ROE,ROW,WED,WOE,

2-letter words (14 found)

DE,DO,ED,EL,ER,EW,LO,OD,OE,OR,OW,RE,WE,WO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 124 words from clowder according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of clowder

clowder

Etymology

A variation, recorded since 1801, of clutter, itself from clot, from Old English clott (“round mass, lump”), from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz (hence cognate with Dutch kloot (“ball, testicle”), Danish klods (“a block, lump”) and German Klotz (“lump, block”)).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /klaʊ̯dɚ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /kləʊ̯dɚ/
  • Homophone: clouder

Noun

clowder (plural clowders)

  1. A group of cats or other small felines.
    • 1984 15 April, Nelson Bryant, “Bevies of Terms Befuddle Prides”, in The New York Times:
      A Brooklyn friend who persists in feeding the host of creatures - including me - who appear at her door will be delighted to know that the most nonchalant recipients of her largesse may be referred to as a clowder of cats.
    • 2010, The Big Bang Theory, episode “The Zazzy Substitution”
      Leonard: You’re clearly upset about Amy being gone, and you’re trying to replace her with a bunch of cats.
      Sheldon: Clowder.
      Leonard: What?
      Sheldon: A group of cats is a clowder. Or a glaring. It’s the kind of thing you ought to know now that we have one.
    • 2011, M.D. Pueppke, Fuzzy the Cat, The One and Only, “Getting on terms with the terms”
      How ‛bout organizing a party of clowder chowder. You know, big servings of chowder for the cat clowder.

Synonyms

  • (collective noun for “cats”): glaring

Hyponyms

  • (collective noun for “cats”): kindle (group of kittens)

Translations

See also

  • pride (for big felines)
  • Appendix:English collective nouns

References

  • Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. 12 Oct. 2006. Dictionary.com article
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “clowder”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • crowled

Source: wiktionary.org