5 letter words starting with cle

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 cle.

  • CLEAN
  • CLEAR
  • CLEAT
  • CLECK
  • CLEEK
  • CLEEP
  • CLEFS
  • CLEFT
  • CLEGS
  • CLEIK
  • CLEMS
  • CLEPE
  • CLEPT
  • CLERK
  • CLEVE
  • CLEWS

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 clear

clear (noun)

  1. Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
  2. The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.
  3. A person who is free from the influence of engrams.

clear (verb)

  1. To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
  2. To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
  3. To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
  4. To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
  5. To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
  6. To pass without interference; to miss.
  7. (activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.
  8. To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
  9. Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
  10. To earn a profit of; to net.
  11. To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
  12. To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
  13. To obtain a clearance.
  14. To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
  15. To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
  16. To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
  17. To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
  18. To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.

clear (adjective)

  1. Transparent in colour.
  2. Bright, not dark or obscured.
  3. Free of obstacles.
  4. Without clouds.
  5. Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
  6. Free of ambiguity or doubt.
  7. Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
  8. Free of guilt, or suspicion.
  9. (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
  10. Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
  11. Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
  12. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
  13. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
  14. Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
  15. Unmixed; entirely pure.
  16. Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
  17. Without diminution; in full; net.

clear (adverb)

  1. All the way; entirely.
  2. Not near something or touching it.
  3. Free (or separate) from others
  4. In a clear manner; plainly.

Definition of cleat

cleat (noun)

  1. A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
  2. A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
  3. A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.
  4. A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe meant for better traction. (See cleats.)

cleat (verb)

  1. To strengthen with a cleat.
  2. To tie off, affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat.

Definition of clefs

clefs (noun)

  1. A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff

Definition of cleft

cleft (noun)

  1. An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
  2. A piece made by splitting.
  3. A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.

cleft (verb)

  1. To syntactically separate a prominent constituent from the rest of the clause that concerns it, such as threat in "The threat which I saw but which he didn't see, was his downfall."

cleft (verb)

  1. To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
  2. To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
  3. To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
  4. To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
  5. To split.
  6. Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.

cleft (adjective)

  1. Split, divided, or partially divided into two.

Definition of clegs

clegs (noun)

  1. A light breeze.
  2. A blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae; a gadfly, a horsefly.