Unscramble CLADDAGH and you have 52 words, CLADDAGH itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. CHAGA and DACHA are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CLADDAGH by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 5, 13 with 4, 24 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 7 or 6 letters.
What CLADDAGH means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: CLADDAGH is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLADDAGH itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 52) | 44 | 52 | 38 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 8 of them: DADAH, CHAL, ACH, CHA, CH, CAG, CAA and DAAL. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: CLADDAGH, CHAGA, GACH, LAH, CAL and DA.
This word takes every letter of CLADDAGH plus a single extra one.