Unscramble clews

15 words come out when you unscramble CLEWS, starting with CLEWS itself: 10 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CLEW leads with 9 points. The 5 letters split into 1 vowel and 4 consonants.

Looking for scewl, lescw, lewsc, celsw, cslwe, eclsw, sclew, elscw, lwsec or wslec? They use the same letters as CLEWS, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.

Possible Words From clews

Counting the words from CLEWS by length: 1 with 5 letters, 4 with 4, 6 with 3 and 4 with 2.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with clews

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4 Letter Words You Can Make with clews

The best of the 4-letter words made with CLEWS letters is CLEW, 9 points; SLEW and WELS on 7 follow.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with clews

LEW and SEW share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words in CLEWS. SEC is the one most people know.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with clews

EW and WE are the top 2-letter words you get when you unscramble CLEWS, 5 points each.

CLEWS With One Letter Changed

Trade one tile of CLEWS for another and you can spell these 6 words:

C O gives LOWES · words from lowes
L R gives SCREW · words from screw
C A gives WALES · words from wales
E A gives CLAWS · unscramble claws
C E gives SEWEL · words from sewel
C D gives WELDS · words from welds

More 5-letter words: starting with CL · ending in WS · all 5-letter words

Meanings of the Strongest CLEWS Answers

CLEWS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.

Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends

CLEWS 10 · 12: to roll into a ball
CLEW 9 · 11: to roll into a ball
SLEW 7 · 8: to kill violently
CELS 6 · 8: a sheet of celluloid used in animation
SEW 6 · 6: to attach using thread
CEL 5 · 7: a sheet of celluloid used in animation
EW 5 · 5: expressing disgust
SEC 5 · 6: a trigonometric function of an angle

Is CLEWS Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

Yes. CLEWS 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*
CLEWS itself	Yes	Yes	Yes
Answers accepted (of 15)	13	15	12

* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.

Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: WELS and LEW. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: EW.

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