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 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 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 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 clept

clept (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.