clean: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with C · ends with N
Meaning of clean
adj
Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
Example: Are these dishes clean? Your room is finally clean! For a baby, happiness is a full bottle and a clean diaper.
Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled. Of metal, having relatively few impurities.
Example: clean steel
- slang
Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled. Not muscular due to steroid use.
Example: I don't think he's clean, look at those traps.
Free of contamination, (unwanted) germs, infection, or disease.
Example: Insert a clean swab into your nose.
Listed forms: cleaner, cleanest, clane, cleane.
Source: Wiktionary — clean.
noun
A removal of dirt.
Example: This place needs a clean.
The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
- in-plural
Of heavy metal, clear vocals, contrasted with death growls and screams.
Listed forms: cleans, clane, cleane.
Source: Wiktionary — clean.
verb
- transitive
To remove dirt from a place or object.
Example: Can you clean the windows today?
- transitive
To tidy up, make a place neat.
Example: Clean your room right now!
- intransitive
To make things clean in general.
Example: She just likes to clean. That’s why I married her.
- transitive
To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
Listed forms: cleans, cleaning, cleaned, clane, cleane.
Source: Wiktionary — clean.
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 clean.
adjective
free of restrictions or qualifications
adjective
(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
adjective
free from impurities
adjective
not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
- uncontaminating
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is clean in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of clean
C(3) + L(1) + E(1) + A(1) + N(1) = 7 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 clean
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from clean
20 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in clean. Showing up to 24, longest first.