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CLEANLY

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What CLEANLY Means

  1. adverb: smoothly and without difficulty; precisely and deftly“the gymnast landed flawlessly”
  2. adverb: in a manner that minimizes dirt and pollution“the motor burns cleanly”
  3. adjective: habitually clean“cleanly in their persons and habitations”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CLEANLY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 L1 E1 A1 N1 L1 Y4.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In CLEANLY

70 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

6 letter words (2)

5 letter words (9)

4 letter words (23)

3 letter words (23)

2 letter words (13)

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