cloam

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points: 9
Words With Friends: 12
Letters: 5

Definition of cloam

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(obsolete, uncountable, usually)Clay.

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noun

(obsolete, uncountable, usually)Clay.
(dialectal, uncountable, usually)Earthenware.

adj

(dialectal)Made of earthenware.

verb

(obsolete, transitive)To make cloam.
(UK, dialectal, intransitive)To gutter (as a candle).

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Etymology

From Middle English *clom, from Old English clām (“paste, mortar, mud, clay, poultice”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaim, from Proto-Germanic *klaimaz (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleym-, from *gley- (“to stick, smear”). Related to cleam, claim, clem.

Anagrams of cloam

3 plays · some not in Scrabble

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10 words

3-letter words

12 words

2-letter words

7 words

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