cleanness
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- 11
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 9
/ˈkliːn.nəs/(UK)
Definition of cleanness
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable, usually)Moral purity; innocence.
“Certes sayd the good man that is sothe / for he shalle be the best knyghte of the world and the fairest of alle the felauship / But wete yow wel there shall none atteyne it but by clennes that is pure confession”
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noun
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(uncountable, usually)Moral purity; innocence.
“Certes sayd the good man that is sothe / for he shalle be the best knyghte of the world and the fairest of alle the felauship / But wete yow wel there shall none atteyne it but by clennes that is pure confession”
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(uncountable, usually)The state of being physically clean and free of contamination or dirt; cleanliness.
“"But if so, why do you see so many young children on steam trains - apart, that is, from being dragged along by their fathers, or grandfathers? "I think they enjoy them because they are simply so different, so mechanical, so hot, oily and clanky, so dirty, so 'analogue' in a digital world. They are everything modern life tries to extirpate in favour of silence, smoothness and cleanness. Kids love that.”
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Etymology
From Old English clǣnnes, corresponding to clean + -ness.
Words you can make from cleanness
152 playable · top: CLEANSES (10 pts)
Best play cleanses 10 points8-letter words
2 words7-letter words
8 words6-letter words
18 words5-letter words
35 words- ACNES 7 pts
- ALECS 7 pts
- CANES 7 pts
- CASES 7 pts
- CEASE 7 pts
- CENSE 7 pts
- CLANS 7 pts
- CLASS 7 pts
- CLEAN 7 pts
- LACES 7 pts
- LANCE 7 pts
- SCALE 7 pts
- SCANS 7 pts
- SCENA 7 pts
- SCENE 7 pts
- ANELE 5 pts
- EASEL 5 pts
- EASES 5 pts
- ELANS 5 pts
- ESNES 5 pts
- LANES 5 pts
- LASES 5 pts
- LEANS 5 pts
- LEASE 5 pts
- LENES 5 pts
- LENSE 5 pts
- NENES 5 pts
- SALES 5 pts
- SANES 5 pts
- SEALS 5 pts
- SEELS 5 pts
- SENES 5 pts
- SENNA 5 pts
- SENSA 5 pts
- SENSE 5 pts
4-letter words
49 words- ACES 6 pts
- ACNE 6 pts
- ALEC 6 pts
- CALS 6 pts
- CANE 6 pts
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- CLAN 6 pts
- LACE 6 pts
- LACS 6 pts
- SACS 6 pts
- SCAN 6 pts
- SECS 6 pts
- ALEE 4 pts
- ALES 4 pts
- ANES 4 pts
- EASE 4 pts
- EELS 4 pts
- ELAN 4 pts
- ELSE 4 pts
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- ESNE 4 pts
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- LANE 4 pts
- LASE 4 pts
- LASS 4 pts
- LEAN 4 pts
- LEAS 4 pts
- LEES 4 pts
- LENS 4 pts
- LESS 4 pts
- NAES 4 pts
- NANS 4 pts
- NENE 4 pts
- NESS 4 pts
- SALE 4 pts
- SALS 4 pts
- SANE 4 pts
- SANS 4 pts
- SEAL 4 pts
- SEAS 4 pts
- SEEL 4 pts
- SEEN 4 pts
- SEES 4 pts
- SELS 4 pts
- SENE 4 pts
3-letter words
29 words2-letter words
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