5 letter words starting with cla

Looking for a clue for todays Wordle or another Word game? Look no further! We got you covered. We got quite a few plausible five letter words starting with cla.

  • CLACH
  • CLACK
  • CLADE
  • CLADS
  • CLAES
  • CLAGS
  • CLAIM
  • CLAIR
  • CLAME
  • CLAMP
  • CLAMS
  • CLANG
  • CLANK
  • CLANS
  • CLAPS
  • CLAPT
  • CLARO
  • CLART
  • CLARY
  • CLASH
  • CLASP
  • CLASS
  • CLAST
  • CLATS
  • CLAUT
  • CLAVE
  • CLAVI
  • CLAWS
  • CLAYS

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:

Definition of clamp

clamp (noun)

  1. A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.
  2. An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.
  3. A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
  4. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking.
  5. A pile of root vegetables stored under a layer of earth.
  6. A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
  7. An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.

clamp (verb)

  1. To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.
  2. To hold or grip tightly.
  3. To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range.
  4. To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth.

clamp (noun)

  1. A heavy footstep; a tramp.

clamp (verb)

  1. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump or clomp.

Definition of clans

clans (noun)

  1. A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.
  2. A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
  3. Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
  4. A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
  5. A badger colony.

Definition of claps

claps (noun)

  1. The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
  2. The explosive sound of thunder.
  3. Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.
  4. A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.
  5. A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
  6. The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
  7. A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground)

claps (verb)

  1. To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
  2. To applaud.
  3. To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.
  4. To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.
  5. To come together suddenly with noise.
  6. To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).
  7. To set or put, usually in haste.
  8. To shoot (somebody) with a gun.

claps (noun)

  1. (with "the") Gonorrhea.

Definition of clast

clast (noun)

  1. A fragment of rock that was broken from a larger rock or rock unit.

Definition of claws

claws (noun)

  1. A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
  2. A foot equipped with such.
  3. The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.
  4. A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
  5. A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.
  6. The act of catching a ball overhand.

claws (verb)

  1. To scratch or to tear at.
  2. To use the claws to seize, to grip.
  3. To use the claws to climb.
  4. To perform a claw catch.
  5. To move with one's fingertips.
  6. To relieve uneasy feeling, such as an itch, by scratching; hence, to humor or flatter, to court someone.
  7. To rail at; to scold.
  8. To flatter; to fawn on (a person).