clay: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 9 letter points · starts with C · ends with Y
Meaning of clay
noun
- uncountable, usually
A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
- uncountable, usually
An earth material with ductile qualities.
- uncountable, usually
A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
Example: The French Open is played on clay.
- uncountable, usually
The material of the human body.
Example: From clay we are made.
Listed forms: clays.
Source: Wiktionary — clay.
verb
- transitive
To add clay to, to spread clay onto.
- transitive
To purify using clay.
Listed forms: clays, claying, clayed.
Source: Wiktionary — clay.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for clay.
noun
water soaked soil; soft wet earth
noun
the dead body of a human being
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is clay in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of clay
C(3) + L(1) + A(1) + Y(4) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of clay
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from clay
8 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in clay. Showing up to 24, longest first.