What CLERIDS Means
CLERIDS is a form of CLERID, which means:
- noun: predacious on other insects; usually brightly colored or metallic
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CLERIDS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 L1 E1 R1 I1 D2 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In CLERIDS
160 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 (11)
5 letter words (46)
CEDISCEILSCIDERCIDESCIELSCIRESCIRLSCLIEDCLIESCREDSCRIEDCRIESCRISEDEILSDELISDICERDICESDIRLSDRICEDRIESEILDSERICSICERSIDLERIDLESISLEDLEIRSLIERSRELICRESIDRICEDRICESRIDESRIELSRILEDRILESSERICSIDERSIDLESIELDSILEDSILERSIREDSLICESLIDESLIER
4 letter words (58)
CEDICEILCELSCIDECIDSCIELCIRECIRLCREDCRISDEILDELIDELSDESIDICEDIELDIESDIREDIRLDISCEILDELDSERICICEDICERICESIDESIDLEIREDIRESISLELEIRLEISLICELIDSLIEDLIERLIESLIRERECSREDSREISRICERIDERIDSRIELRILERISESEILSEIRSELDSICESIDESILDSILESIRESLEDSLID
3 letter words (34)
CELCIDCISDEIDELDIEDISEDSELDELSERSICEIDEIDSIRELEDLEILESLIDLIELISRECREDREIRESRIDSECSEDSEISELSERSICSIRSRI
2 letter words (11)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.