How many points in Scrabble is yclept worth? yclept how many points in Words With Friends? What does yclept mean? Get all these answers on this page.
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Is yclept a Scrabble word?
Yes. The word yclept is a Scrabble US word. The word yclept is worth 13 points in Scrabble:
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Is yclept a Scrabble UK word?
Yes. The word yclept is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:
Y4C3L1E1P3T1
Is yclept a Words With Friends word?
Yes. The word yclept is a Words With Friends word. The word yclept is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):
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You can make 37 words from yclept according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
From Middle English yclept, ycleped, iclept [and other forms] (i-, y- (prefix forming past participles) + clepen (“to say, speak, utter; to call, shout; to name; to address; to appeal to, beg, pray; to ask, request; to appear; to send for, summon; to convene; to call forth, induce; to lay claim”) + -ed, -t (suffix forming past participles of weak verbs)), from Old English ġeclypod, ġeclipod (ġe- (suffix forming past participles or participle adjectives) + clypian, clipian (“to call out, cry; to appeal”) (West Saxon) [and other forms] + -d (suffix forming past participles)). Clipian is derived from Proto-Germanic *klipjaną, *klapjaną (“to be noisy; to chatter”), probably related to *klappōną (“to clap, pound, or strike (especially two things against each other); to make loud noises, especially breathing or pulsating; to chatter”), and ultimately onomatopoeic. Doublet of clap.
yclept (not comparable)
While most forms of the verb clepe are obsolete, yclept is still occasionally used as an adjective or verb for humorous or archaic effect; as in the set phrase aptly yclept.
A holdover from Middle English, yclept is one of a small number of English words where y figures as a vowel at the beginning of a word. Others include Yngling, ytterbium, and yttrium.
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