Words Starting With CL
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter CL. This section showcases how CL at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with CL, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
3 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| cly | 8 | - | - |
4 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| club | 8 | golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball | - |
| clue | 6 | a slight indication | - |
| clan | 6 | group of people related by blood or marriage | - |
| clay | 9 | the dead body of a human being | honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay |
| clap | 8 | a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra | - |
| clip | 8 | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | - |
| claw | 9 | a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something | - |
| clam | 8 | a piece of paper money worth one dollar | - |
| clem | 8 | - | - |
| clot | 6 | a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid | - |
| clit | 6 | a female sexual organ homologous to the penis | - |
| clad | 7 | wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination | nurses clad in white |
| clog | 7 | become or cause to become obstructed | The leaves clog our drains in the Fall |
| clod | 7 | an awkward stupid person | - |
| clop | 8 | the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface | - |
| clef | 9 | a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it | - |
| clew | 9 | roll into a ball | - |
| cloy | 9 | cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing | Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite |
| clag | 7 | - | - |
| clat | 6 | - | - |
| cleg | 7 | large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals | - |
| clon | 6 | a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction | - |
| clou | 6 | - | - |
| clow | 9 | - | - |
5 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| close | 7 | cease to operate or cause to cease operating | The owners decided to move and to close the factory |
| clear | 7 | become clear | The sky cleared after the storm |
| class | 7 | a body of students who graduate together | the class of '97 |
| clean | 7 | make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from | The dentist cleaned my teeth |
| clock | 13 | measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time | he clocked the runners |
| climb | 11 | go upward with gradual or continuous progress | Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house? |
| claim | 9 | a demand especially in the phrase | - |
| cloud | 8 | make overcast or cloudy | - |
| clown | 10 | act as or like a clown | - |
| cliff | 13 | a steep high face of rock | he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town |
| click | 13 | move or strike with a noise | he clicked on the light |
| cloth | 10 | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC |
| clerk | 11 | a salesperson in a store | - |
| clone | 7 | a person who is almost identical to another | - |
| cloak | 11 | hide under a false appearance | - |
| clash | 10 | be incompatible; be or come into conflict | These colors clash |
| cling | 8 | fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit | - |
| clips | 9 | - | - |
| clams | 9 | informal terms for money | - |
| clamp | 11 | a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together | - |
| clint | 7 | - | - |
| clink | 11 | a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) | - |
| clang | 8 | make a loud noise | clanging metal |
| clank | 11 | a loud resonant repeating noise | - |
| clout | 7 | a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood | - |
| cluck | 13 | the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks) | - |
| clack | 13 | make a rattling sound | - |
| clung | 8 | - | - |
| clasp | 9 | fasten with a buckle or buckles | - |
| claro | 7 | a cigar made with light-colored tobacco | - |
| cleft | 10 | having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib | - |
| clunk | 11 | make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground | - |
| clump | 11 | walk clumsily | - |
| clove | 10 | one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb | - |
| cline | 7 | American geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in 1934) | - |
| cleve | 10 | - | - |
| clift | 10 | - | - |
| clime | 9 | the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time | plants from a cold clime travel best in winter |
| cleat | 7 | a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured | - |
| clomp | 11 | walk clumsily | - |
| clach | 12 | - | - |
| clade | 8 | a group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor | - |
| clads | 8 | - | - |
| claes | 7 | - | - |
| clags | 8 | - | - |
| clame | 9 | - | - |
| clans | 7 | - | - |
| claps | 9 | - | - |
| clapt | 9 | - | - |
| clart | 7 | - | - |
Load more words
6 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| closed | 9 | blocked against entry | a closed porch |
| closer | 8 | (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game | - |
| client | 8 | someone who pays for goods or services | - |
| clever | 11 | showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others | too clever to be sound |
| closet | 8 | a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space | - |
| clouds | 9 | - | - |
| clinic | 10 | a healthcare facility for outpatient care | - |
| classy | 11 | elegant and fashionable | classy clothes |
| clumsy | 13 | showing lack of skill or aptitude | did a clumsy job |
| climax | 17 | end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage | - |
| clutch | 13 | a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism | he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other |
| clause | 8 | a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) | - |
| clocks | 14 | European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage | - |
| cloudy | 12 | lacking definite form or limits | gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion |
| cleric | 10 | a clergyman or other person in religious orders | - |
| clover | 11 | a plant of the genus Trifolium | - |
| clergy | 12 | in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity) | - |
| cliche | 13 | a trite or obvious remark | - |
| cloths | 11 | - | - |
| clovis | 11 | king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy; his name was rendered as Gallic `Louis' (466-511) | - |
| clench | 13 | a small slip noose made with seizing | - |
| clothe | 11 | provide with clothes or put clothes on | - |
| clique | 17 | an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | - |
| clough | 12 | - | - |
| clingy | 12 | - | - |
| cleats | 8 | shoes with leather or metal projections on the soles | the football players all wore cleats |
| clammy | 15 | unpleasantly cool and humid | a clammy handshake |
| claret | 8 | dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine | - |
| cleave | 11 | separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument | cleave the bone |
| clinch | 13 | a small slip noose made with seizing | - |
| clawed | 12 | (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons | - |
| cleves | 11 | - | - |
| clucky | 17 | - | - |
| clamor | 10 | a loud harsh or strident noise | - |
| clunky | 15 | lacking grace in movement or posture | - |
| cloaca | 10 | a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water | - |
| cloven | 11 | (used of hooves) split, divided | - |
| clevis | 11 | a coupler shaped like the letter U with holes through each end so a bolt or pin can pass through the holes to complete the coupling; used to attach a drawbar to a plow or wagon or trailer etc. | - |
| cliffy | 17 | - | - |
| clumpy | 15 | - | - |
| claque | 17 | a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance | - |
| clonic | 10 | of or relating to abnormal neuromuscular activity characterized by rapidly alternating muscle contraction and relaxation | clonic spasm |
| clubby | 15 | effusively sociable | we got rather clubby |
| cluing | 9 | - | - |
| cloche | 13 | a low transparent cover put over young plants to protect them from cold | - |
| cloggy | 13 | (used of soil) compact and fine-grained | - |
| clachs | 13 | - | - |
| clacks | 14 | - | - |
| clades | 9 | - | - |
| claggy | 13 | - | - |
Load more words
7 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| clothes | 12 | clothing in general | he always bought his clothes at the same store |
| clearly | 12 | clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment | I could clearly see myself in his situation |
| closing | 10 | approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap | the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision |
| classes | 9 | - | - |
| classic | 11 | of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc. | classic Chinese pottery |
| cleared | 10 | freed from any question of guilt | - |
| closely | 12 | in a close manner | - |
| climate | 11 | the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time | the dank climate of southern Wales |
| closest | 9 | (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance | - |
| cleaner | 9 | a preparation used in cleaning something | - |
| clearer | 9 | - | - |
| clarify | 15 | make clear and (more) comprehensible | clarify the mystery surrounding her death |
| clarity | 12 | free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression | - |
| closure | 9 | an obstruction in a pipe or tube | - |
| cleanse | 9 | clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing | - |
| cleaver | 12 | a butcher's knife having a large square blade | - |
| cloning | 10 | a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell) | - |
| cluster | 9 | come together as in a cluster or flock | - |
| clogged | 12 | thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots) | seeds clogged together |
| clatter | 9 | make a rattling sound | clattering dishes |
| cleanup | 11 | the act of making something clean | - |
| clipped | 14 | cut or trimmed by clipping | a handsome man with a clipped moustache |
| clement | 11 | (of weather or climate) physically mild | clement weather |
| clothed | 13 | covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak | leaf-clothed trees |
| climber | 13 | an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing | - |
| clouded | 11 | unclear in form or expression | sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded |
| clutter | 9 | fill a space in a disorderly way | - |
| cloaked | 14 | covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak | fog-cloaked meadows |
| cleanly | 12 | smoothly and without difficulty; precisely and deftly | she played the piano accompaniment cleanly |
| clobber | 13 | informal terms for personal possessions | did you take all your clobber? |
| clicker | 15 | - | - |
| clipper | 13 | a fast sailing ship used in former times | - |
| clapper | 13 | metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side | - |
| clamour | 11 | make loud demands | - |
| clarion | 9 | a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone | - |
| clotted | 10 | thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots) | clotted blood |
| closeup | 11 | a photograph taken at close range | - |
| cliched | 15 | repeated regularly without thought or originality | - |
| clamber | 13 | climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | - |
| clubber | 13 | - | - |
| cloying | 13 | overly sweet | - |
| clinker | 13 | a hard brick used as a paving stone | - |
| claimer | 11 | - | - |
| clavier | 12 | a bank of keys on a musical instrument | - |
| cliquey | 21 | - | - |
| clabber | 13 | turn into curds | - |
| clachan | 14 | - | - |
| clached | 15 | - | - |
| claches | 14 | - | - |
| clacked | 16 | - | - |
Load more words
8 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleaning | 11 | the act of making something clean | he gave his shoes a good cleaning |
| clothing | 14 | a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | - |
| climbing | 15 | an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) | - |
| clearing | 11 | the act of removing solid particles from a liquid | - |
| clarence | 12 | a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers | - |
| clapping | 15 | a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together | - |
| cleaners | 10 | shop where dry cleaning is done | - |
| clinical | 12 | scientifically detached; unemotional | he spoke in the clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony |
| clanging | 12 | having a loud resonant metallic sound | a clanging gong |
| clueless | 10 | totally uninformed about what is going on; not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring | - |
| classics | 12 | study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome | - |
| clitoris | 10 | a female sexual organ homologous to the penis | - |
| clanking | 15 | having a hard nonresonant metallic sound | clanking chains |
| clinging | 12 | - | - |
| clubbing | 15 | a condition in which the ends of toes and fingers become wide and thick; a symptom of heart or lung disease | - |
| clarinet | 10 | a single-reed instrument with a straight tube | - |
| clucking | 17 | the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks) | - |
| clinking | 15 | like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped | - |
| clutches | 15 | the act of grasping | - |
| cleavage | 14 | (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum | - |
| clippers | 14 | - | - |
| clowning | 14 | a comic incident or series of incidents | - |
| classify | 16 | arrange or order by classes or categories | How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric? |
| clenched | 16 | closed or squeezed together tightly | a clenched fist |
| clipping | 15 | an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine | he searched through piles of letters and clippings |
| cleverly | 16 | in a clever manner | they were cleverly arranged |
| clerical | 12 | appropriate for or engaged in office work | clerical skills |
| clemency | 17 | leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice | - |
| clocking | 17 | the time taken to traverse a measured course | it was a world record clocking |
| climatic | 14 | of or relating to a climate | climatic changes |
| clogging | 13 | preventing movement | the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street |
| clavicle | 15 | bone linking the scapula and sternum | - |
| claymore | 15 | an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy | - |
| clitoral | 10 | of or relating to the clitoris | - |
| clouding | 12 | the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky | - |
| claptrap | 14 | pompous or pretentious talk or writing | - |
| cleanser | 10 | a preparation used in cleaning something | - |
| clotting | 11 | the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid | - |
| clashing | 14 | sharply and harshly discordant | clashing interests of loggers and conservationists |
| cloister | 10 | residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) | - |
| clunking | 15 | the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface | - |
| classier | 10 | - | - |
| clinched | 16 | closed or squeezed together tightly | his clenched (or clinched) teeth |
| clumsily | 15 | in a clumsy manner | he snatched the bills clumsily |
| clincher | 15 | an argument that is conclusive | - |
| clearway | 16 | a road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown) | - |
| claimant | 12 | someone who claims a benefit or right or title | claimants of unemployment compensation |
| clambake | 18 | a cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed | - |
| cleavers | 13 | annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia | - |
| cleaving | 14 | - | - |
Load more words
9 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| classical | 13 | of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture | classical mythology |
| classroom | 13 | a room in a school where lessons take place | - |
| classmate | 13 | an acquaintance that you go to school with | - |
| clearance | 13 | vertical space available to allow easy passage under something | - |
| cleopatra | 13 | beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC) | - |
| clamoring | 14 | loud and persistent outcry from many people | - |
| cleansing | 12 | acting like an antiseptic | - |
| clockwork | 24 | any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock | - |
| clubhouse | 16 | a building that is occupied by a social club | the clubhouse needed a new roof |
| clientele | 11 | customers collectively | they have an upper class clientele |
| clergyman | 17 | a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church | - |
| clarified | 15 | - | - |
| closeness | 11 | close or warm friendship | - |
| cloakroom | 17 | a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily | - |
| clockwise | 20 | in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock | - |
| clipboard | 16 | a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers | - |
| cloudless | 12 | free from clouds | under a cloudless sky |
| climactic | 17 | consisting of or causing a climax | a climactic development |
| cluttered | 12 | filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish | his library was a cluttered room with piles of books on every chair |
| classless | 11 | favoring social equality | a classless society |
| clustered | 12 | clustered together but not coherent | - |
| clingfilm | 17 | a thin plastic film made of saran (trade name Saran Wrap) that sticks to itself; used for wrapping food | - |
| classiest | 11 | - | - |
| clumsiest | 13 | - | - |
| cleanness | 11 | the state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities | - |
| cloudland | 13 | - | - |
| clapboard | 16 | a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below | - |
| clarendon | 12 | - | - |
| clonidine | 12 | an antihypertensive (trade name Catapres) that can be administered orally or via transdermal patches | - |
| clabbered | 16 | - | - |
| clackdish | 21 | - | - |
| claddaghs | 17 | - | - |
| claddings | 14 | - | - |
| cladistic | 14 | - | - |
| cladodial | 13 | - | - |
| cladogram | 15 | a tree diagram used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships | - |
| clafoutis | 14 | - | - |
| claggiest | 13 | - | - |
| claimable | 15 | - | - |
| claimants | 13 | - | - |
| clamantly | 16 | - | - |
| clambakes | 19 | - | - |
| clambered | 16 | - | - |
| clamberer | 15 | - | - |
| clammiest | 15 | - | - |
| clamorers | 13 | - | - |
| clamorous | 13 | conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry | a clamorous uproar |
| clamoured | 14 | - | - |
| clamourer | 13 | - | - |
| clampdown | 19 | sudden restriction on an activity | - |
Load more words
10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| classified | 16 | a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type | - |
| clinically | 17 | in a clinical manner | she is clinically qualified |
| clementine | 14 | a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa | - |
| cleverness | 15 | the property of being ingenious | the cleverness of its design |
| clumsiness | 14 | unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | - |
| clarifying | 19 | that makes clear | a clarifying example |
| cloistered | 13 | of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows | - |
| clamouring | 15 | loud and persistent outcry from many people | - |
| cloudburst | 15 | a heavy rain | - |
| clustering | 13 | a grouping of a number of similar things | - |
| cloudiness | 13 | the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds | - |
| clodhopper | 20 | a thick and heavy shoe | - |
| clothespin | 17 | wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline | - |
| cloverleaf | 18 | an interchange that does not require left-hand turns | - |
| classicist | 14 | a student of ancient Greek and Latin | - |
| climatical | 16 | of or relating to a climate | - |
| clubhouses | 17 | - | - |
| clabbering | 17 | - | - |
| clackboxes | 27 | - | - |
| cladistics | 15 | a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations | - |
| cladoceran | 15 | - | - |
| cladograms | 16 | - | - |
| cladophyll | 21 | a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf | - |
| claircolle | 14 | - | - |
| clamancies | 16 | - | - |
| clamberers | 16 | - | - |
| clambering | 17 | - | - |
| clamjamfry | 29 | - | - |
| clamminess | 16 | unpleasant wetness | - |
| clamourers | 14 | - | - |
| clampdowns | 20 | - | - |
| clampering | 17 | - | - |
| clamshells | 17 | - | - |
| clangboxes | 22 | - | - |
| clangoring | 14 | a loud resonant repeating noise | - |
| clangorous | 13 | having a loud resonant metallic sound | the clangorous locomotive works |
| clangoured | 14 | - | - |
| clankingly | 20 | - | - |
| clannishly | 18 | in a clannish manner | these four friends always act clannishly, and don't let us participate in their activities |
| clanswoman | 17 | a member of a clan | - |
| clanswomen | 17 | - | - |
| clapboards | 17 | - | - |
| clapbreads | 17 | - | - |
| clapdishes | 18 | - | - |
| clapometer | 16 | - | - |
| clapperboy | 21 | - | - |
| clappering | 17 | - | - |
| clarabella | 14 | - | - |
| clarendons | 13 | - | - |
| claribella | 14 | - | - |
Load more words
