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Clawback

Q: What does clawback mean?

As a noun, clawback means “finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way”.

c ₃l ₁a ₁w ₄b ₃a ₁c ₃k ₅

About 2 syllables

noun · 8 letters · Rare

Scrabble US & Canada : valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : not valid
Wordle : not valid

What does clawback mean?

noun

finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way
“the Treasury will find some clawback for the extra benefits members received”

Is CLAWBACK a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	No
Wordle (guess list)	No

How many points is CLAWBACK worth?

Scrabble

21 pts

c ₃l ₁a ₁w ₄b ₃a ₁c ₃k ₅

Words With Friends

25 pts

c ₄l ₂a ₁w ₄b ₄a ₁c ₄k ₅

Wordfeud

24 pts

c ₄l ₁a ₁w ₄b ₄a ₁c ₄k ₅

NYT Crossplay

25 pts

c ₃l ₂a ₁w ₅b ₄a ₁c ₃k ₆

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in CLAWBACK

Best shorter words top 30 of 53

aback 13 black 13 cawk 13 clack 13 wack 13 back 12 alack 11 bacca 11 kawa 11 lawk 11 waka 11 walk 11 balk 10 calk 10 kaw 10 lack 10 bawl 9 blaw 9 cabal 9 claw 9 kab 9 waac 9 abac 8 acca 8 caba 8 caca 8 caw 8 kaal 8 wab 8 aka 7

See all 53 words made from CLAWBACK

Hooks for CLAWBACK

Add one letter to the front or back of CLAWBACK to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

clawbacks

Words that end like CLAWBACK

Common words that share the ending -ACK, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

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All words ending in -ACK

Clawback: quick answers

Is CLAWBACK a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. CLAWBACK is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 21 points before board bonuses.

How many points is CLAWBACK worth?

CLAWBACK scores 21 points in Scrabble, 25 in Words With Friends, 24 in Wordfeud and 25 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What does clawback mean?

As a noun, clawback means “finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way”.

What words can you make with the letters in CLAWBACK?

You can make 53 shorter words from CLAWBACK, such as ABACK, BLACK, CAWK, CLACK. See the full list.