clothes
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- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
/kləʊ(ð)z/
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/kləʊ(ð)z/ · /kloʊ(ð)z/(US) · /klo(ð)z/ · /kloː(ð)z/ · /kləʊðz/(UK) · /kloʊðz/(US)
Definition of clothes
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(plural, plural-only)Items of clothing; apparel.
“suit of clothes.”
“Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.”
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noun
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(plural, plural-only)Items of clothing; apparel.
“suit of clothes.”
“Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.”
- (form-of, obsolete, plural, plural-only)plural of cloth.
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(plural, plural-only)The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
“She turned each way her frighted head, / Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes.”
- (plural, plural-only)Laundry (hung on a clothesline).
verb
- (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of clothe
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English clothes, cloþes, plural of cloth, cloþ (“cloth, garment”), from Old English clāþas (“clothes”), plural of clāþ (“cloth”), equivalent to cloth + -es. Cognate with Scots clathes, claes (“clothes”), Danish klæder, Norwegian Bokmål klær, Norwegian Nynorsk klede, German Kleider.
Words you can make from clothes
143 playable · top: CLOTHE (11 pts)
Best play clothe 11 points6-letter words
8 words5-letter words
34 words- CHEST 10 pts
- CHOSE 10 pts
- CLOTH 10 pts
- ECHOS 10 pts
- LETCH 10 pts
- LOCHE 10 pts
- LOCHS 10 pts
- OCHES 10 pts
- TECHS 10 pts
- ETHOS 8 pts
- HELOS 8 pts
- HELOT 8 pts
- HOLES 8 pts
- HOLTS 8 pts
- HOSEL 8 pts
- HOTEL 8 pts
- SHEOL 8 pts
- SHOTE 8 pts
- SLOTH 8 pts
- THOLE 8 pts
- THOSE 8 pts
- CELTS 7 pts
- CLOSE 7 pts
- CLOTS 7 pts
- COLES 7 pts
- COLTS 7 pts
- COSET 7 pts
- COTES 7 pts
- ESCOT 7 pts
- SOCLE 7 pts
- TELCO 7 pts
- STOLE 5 pts
- TELOS 5 pts
- TOLES 5 pts
4-letter words
50 words- COSH 9 pts
- ECHO 9 pts
- ECHT 9 pts
- ETCH 9 pts
- LECH 9 pts
- LOCH 9 pts
- OCHE 9 pts
- TECH 9 pts
- ETHS 7 pts
- HELO 7 pts
- HEST 7 pts
- HETS 7 pts
- HOES 7 pts
- HOLE 7 pts
- HOLS 7 pts
- HOLT 7 pts
- HOSE 7 pts
- HOST 7 pts
- HOTS 7 pts
- LOTH 7 pts
- SHOE 7 pts
- SHOT 7 pts
- SOTH 7 pts
- TOSH 7 pts
- CELS 6 pts
- CELT 6 pts
- CLOT 6 pts
- COLE 6 pts
- COLS 6 pts
- COLT 6 pts
- COST 6 pts
- COTE 6 pts
- COTS 6 pts
- ECOS 6 pts
- LOCS 6 pts
- SCOT 6 pts
- SECT 6 pts
- TECS 6 pts
- LEST 4 pts
- LETS 4 pts
- LOSE 4 pts
- LOST 4 pts
- LOTS 4 pts
- OLES 4 pts
- SLOE 4 pts
- SLOT 4 pts
- SOLE 4 pts
- TELS 4 pts
- TOES 4 pts
- TOLE 4 pts
3-letter words
36 words- OCH 8 pts
- ETH 6 pts
- HES 6 pts
- HET 6 pts
- HOE 6 pts
- HOS 6 pts
- HOT 6 pts
- OHS 6 pts
- SHE 6 pts
- SHO 6 pts
- SOH 6 pts
- THE 6 pts
- THO 6 pts
- CEL 5 pts
- COL 5 pts
- COS 5 pts
- COT 5 pts
- ECO 5 pts
- LOC 5 pts
- SEC 5 pts
- SOC 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- ELS 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LOT 3 pts
- OES 3 pts
- OLE 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
- SEL 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- SOL 3 pts
- SOT 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
2-letter words
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