Thunderclaps is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.
You can make 2569 anagrams from letters in thunderclaps (acdehlnprstu).
First recorded in 1350-1400, thunderclap is from the Middle English word thonder clappe. See thunder, clap1
Their coming naturally had the effect of a thunderclap on the village.
Now his mother's letter had burst on him like a thunderclap.
The thunderclap which seemed to come simultaneously, rocked the plane like a feather.
Hallucinations do not come thus, like a thunderclap on unprepared minds.
But to my mother it was a flash of joy, followed by a thunderclap of consternation.
Captain Candage turned on his mate with the violence of a thunderclap.
There was a thunderclap, and in a moment four of them were killed by lightning.
You may easily guess what a thunderclap this must have been to the Court.
The affray had burst over the slumbering town like a thunderclap.
And then (thunderclap) one of wine's darkest nemeses appeared: the artichoke.
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