Unscramble CLERKDOM and you have 166 words, CLERKDOM itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CLERKDOM by length: 1 with 8 letters, 15 with 6, 26 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among the 5-letter words in CLERKDOM, COKED, DECKO and DRECK tie for first at 12 points. MODEL, OLDER and DECOR are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from CLERKDOM are led by MECK and MOCK, 12 points each. MORE, CODE and COME are the familiar ones.
KED tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CLERKDOM at 8 points; next come ELK and ERK on 7. OLD, RED and LED will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CLERKDOM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CL · ending in OM · all 8-letter words
CLERKDOM first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CLERKDOM, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLERKDOM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 166) | 131 | 166 | 122 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLOKED, DECKO, MECK, CLOKE, CROMED, ROKED, CROME, DOEK, CLEM, CREM, DROME, KED and 23 more, 35 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DROKE, MERC, CRED, OK, ECO, EMO, LOC, OLDE and LOR, 9 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of CLERKDOM and one more.