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 clepe

clepe (noun)

  1. A cry; an appeal; a call.

clepe (verb)

  1. To give a call; cry out; appeal.
  2. To call; call upon; cry out to.
  3. To call to oneself; invite; summon.
  4. To call; call by the name of; name.
  5. (often with 'on') To tell lies about; inform against (someone).
  6. To be loquacious; tattle; gossip.
  7. To report; relate; tell.

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)