Unscramble CLERGIES and you have 189 words, CLERGIES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CLERGIES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 23 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Of the 52 5-letter words from CLERGIES, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. GIRLS, SLICE and SIEGE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CLERGIES, CIGS and CLEG tie for first at 7 points. GIRL, RISE and LEGS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CLERGIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CL · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The meaning of CLERGIES, and of the 5 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. CLERGIES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLERGIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 131 | 189 | 122 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CIERGES, GRECISE, GRIECES, CERGES, CIERGE, GRECES, GRICES, GRIECE, CERGE, GRECE, GRICE, LEIGERS and 46 more, 58 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CLEGS, CIGS, CLEG, REGIES, CIG, REGIE, GIS, SIG and GI, 9 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of CLERGIES and one more.