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— English words —

• clew n. (Obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body.
• clew n. (Archaic) A ball of thread or yarn.
• clew n. Yarn or thread as used to guide one’s way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
• clew n. (Nautical) The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting…
• clew n. (In the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.
• clew n. (Nautical, in the plural) The cords suspending a hammock.
• clew n. Obsolete spelling of clue.
• clew v. (Transitive) to roll into a ball.
• clew v. (Nautical) (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail).

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Middle english
  • clew n. Alternative form of clewe.
  • clew n. Alternative form of clough.

— English words, defined in French —

• clew n. (Désuet) Forme grossièrement sphérique, pelote.
• clew n. (Vieilli) Pelote de laine.
• clew n. Fil d’Ariane, guide.
• clew n. (Marine) Point d’écoute.
• clew n. (Marine) Raban.
• clew n. (Désuet) Forme alternative de clue.
• clew v. Rouler en boule.
• clew v. Lever le coin inférieur d’une voile.

45 English words from 11 English definitions

adjusting Alternative and Archaic attached ball body clough clue cords corner for form guide hammock into intransitive labyrinth lower mass maze Nautical Obsolete of␣a one plural raise roll roughly sail sheet sheets spelling spherical suspending the thread through transitive trimming used used␣to way which yarn

14 English words from 8 foreign definitions

alternative Ariane boule clue coin Fil Forme guide laine Lever Marine Point Raban voile

9 foreign words from 8 foreign definitions

Désuet écoute grossièrement inférieur pelote Rouler sphérique une Vieilli

16 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

clews Clews clewed Clewer Clewell clewing clewkin Clewses Clewells clewless clewline clew␣line clewlines clew␣lines clew-garnet clew-garnets

23 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

McLewis unclews cycleway unclewed cycleways cyclewear McLewises unclewing circlewise musclewood musclewoman muscle␣woman musclewomen muscle␣women musclewoods treacle␣water bicycle␣wrench miracle␣worker treacle␣waters Uncle␣Whiskers miracle␣workers tabernacle␣work bicycle␣wrenches

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unclew Carclew full␣clew

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CLE lew Lew

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

we'l

5 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

clews Clews welch Welch welcs

11 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

cel CEL -cel CLE ECL LCE LEC lew Lew WEC we'l

26 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

alew blew Blew chew Chew claw CLEC clef cleg clem Clem clen Cleo clep CLEP Cler Clex cley Clow crew Crew flew glew plew Plew slew

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

CLE lew Lew

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