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Is cloying a Scrabble word?

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

C3L1O1Y4I1N1G2

Is cloying a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3L1O1Y4I1N1G2

Is cloying a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word cloying is a Words With Friends word. The word cloying is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4L2O1Y3I1N2G3

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7-letter words (1 found)

CLOYING,

6-letter words (4 found)

CLINGY,CLYING,COYING,GLYCIN,

5-letter words (14 found)

CLING,COIGN,COLIN,INCOG,LINGO,LINGY,LOGIC,LOGIN,LYING,NICOL,NOILY,YOGIC,YOGIN,YONIC,

4-letter words (26 found)

CION,CLOG,CLON,CLOY,COIL,COIN,COLY,CONI,CONY,GYNO,ICON,INGO,INLY,LING,LINO,LINY,LION,LOCI,LOGY,LOIN,LONG,NOIL,OILY,ONLY,YOGI,YONI,

3-letter words (25 found)

CIG,CLY,COG,COL,CON,COY,GIN,GIO,GON,GOY,ICY,ING,ION,LIG,LIN,LOG,LOY,NIL,NOG,NOY,OIL,ONY,YGO,YIN,YON,

2-letter words (12 found)

GI,GO,IN,IO,LI,LO,NO,NY,OI,ON,OY,YO,

You can make 82 words from cloying according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cloying

cloying

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɔɪ.ɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪɪŋ

Verb

cloying

  1. present participle and gerund of cloy

Adjective

cloying (comparative more cloying, superlative most cloying)

  1. Unpleasantly excessive.
    The cloying fondness she displayed was what, in the end, drove me away.
    • August 16 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow," guardian.co.uk:
      It was a cloying sense of deja vu attached to the team that finished seventh last season, 22 points off the top and drastically in need of some more dynamism.
  2. Excessively sweet.

Synonyms

  • (unpleasantly excessive): exaggerated
  • (excessively sweet): syrupy, treacly, oversweet, saccharine

Derived terms

  • cloyingly

Related terms

  • clove

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