What CLEAVES Means
CLEAVES is a form of CLEAVE, which means:
- verb: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument“cleave the bone”
- verb: make by cutting into“The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CLEAVES 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 V4 E1 S1.
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 CLEAVES
117 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 (9)
5 letter words (29)
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4 letter words (42)
ACESAESCALECALEEALESAVELAVESCASECAVECEASCEESCELSEALEEASEEAVEEELSELSEEVESLACELACSLASELAVELAVSLEASLEESLEVALEVESALESAVESEALSEELSELESLAESLEEVACSVAESVALEVASEVEALVEESVELAVELE
3 letter words (29)
2 letter words (8)
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