Definitions for claucht

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Spelling: [klawkht, klahkht]
IPA: /klɔxt, klɑxt/

Claucht is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in claucht (acchltu).

Definitions for claucht

noun

  1. Chiefly Scot. a large hook, especially one fixed to the inside walls of a house to hold clothing, pots, or food.
  2. Golf Older Use. a club with an iron head, a narrow face, and little slope, used for shots from a poor lie on the fairway and sometimes for putting.

verb

  1. a simple past tense of cleek.

verb (used with object)

  1. Chiefly Scot. to grasp or seize (something) suddenly and eagerly; snatch.

Origin of claucht

1350-1400; Middle English (Scots) cleke hook, derivative of cleke to take hold of, variant of cleche, akin to clutch1

Word Value for claucht
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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