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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 clean

clean (noun)

  1. Removal of dirt.
  2. The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.

clean (verb)

  1. To remove dirt from a place or object.
  2. To tidy up, make a place neat.
  3. To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
  4. To make things clean in general.
  5. To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
  6. To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.
  7. To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
  8. To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.

clean (adjective)

  1. (heading, physical) Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.
  2. (heading, behavioural) Free of immorality or criminality.
  3. Smooth, exact, and performed well
  4. Total; utter. (still in "clean sweep")
  5. Cool or neat.
  6. (health) Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
  7. That does not damage the environment.
  8. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
  9. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
  10. Well-proportioned; shapely.
  11. (of a route) Ascended without falling.

clean (adverb)

  1. Fully and completely.


Definition of clerk

clerk (noun)

  1. One who occupationally works with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
  2. A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.
  3. In the Church of England, the layman that assists in the church service, especially in reading the responses (also called parish clerk).
  4. A cleric or clergyman (the legal title for clergy of the Church of England is "Clerk in Holy Orders", still used in legal documents and cherished by some of their number).
  5. A scholar.

clerk (verb)

  1. To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk


Definition of clews

clews (noun)

  1. A roughly spherical mass or body.
  2. A ball of thread or yarn.
  3. Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
  4. The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting its position relative to the wind); the metal loop or cringle in the corner of the sail, to which the sheet is attached. (on a triangular sail) The trailing corner relative to the wind direction.
  5. (in the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.
  6. (in the plural) The cords suspending a hammock.

clews (noun)

  1. A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
  2. Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
  3. An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
  4. Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)