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Cloves

c 3l 1o 1v 4e 1s 1

About 1 syllable

noun · 6 letters · Common · plural of clove

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

What does cloves mean?

noun

  1. aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice

  2. moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves

    Synonymsclove treesyzygium aromaticumeugenia aromaticumeugenia caryophyllatum

  3. one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb

    Synonymsgarlic clove

  4. spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground

Definitions shown for clove, the base form of cloves.

Is CLOVES a valid word?

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

How many points is CLOVES worth?

Scrabble

11 pts
c 3l 1o 1v 4e 1s 1

Words With Friends

14 pts
c 4l 2o 1v 5e 1s 1

Wordfeud

12 pts
c 4l 1o 1v 4e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

14 pts
c 3l 2o 1v 6e 1s 1

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

Words from the letters in CLOVES

Words that end like CLOVES

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

provesmovesgloveslovesdrovesgrovesshovesstovescovesdovesremovesapprovesimprovesalcovesreprovesdisprovesmangrovesdisapproves
All words ending in -OVES

Cloves: quick answers

Is CLOVES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. CLOVES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 11 points before board bonuses.
How many points is CLOVES worth?
CLOVES scores 11 points in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends, 12 in Wordfeud and 14 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does cloves mean?
cloves is the plural of clove, which means “aromatic flower bud of a clove tree”. It has 4 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in CLOVES?
You can make 54 shorter words from CLOVES, such as CLOVE, COVES, VOCES, COVE. See the full list.