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clara

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈklɑːɹə/ (UK)
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/ˈklɑːɹə/ (UK) · /ˈklɛəɹə/ (US) · /ˈklæɹə/ (US)

Definition of clara

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A female given name from Latin.
    “But the fashion spreads deeper and wider; the village is infected and the village green; Amelias and Claras sweep your rooms and cook your dinners, gentle Sophias milk your cows, and if you ask a pretty smiling girl at a cottage door to tell you her name, the rosy lips lisp out Caroline.”
    “My mother called me Clara. And everybody else called me Clara until I was fourteen years old. Then I got sick of it. Clara! Sounds like breaking glass. Did you ever stop to think of that, Frank? Say it fast and hit the C.”
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name

  1. A female given name from Latin.
    “But the fashion spreads deeper and wider; the village is infected and the village green; Amelias and Claras sweep your rooms and cook your dinners, gentle Sophias milk your cows, and if you ask a pretty smiling girl at a cottage door to tell you her name, the rosy lips lisp out Caroline.”
    “My mother called me Clara. And everybody else called me Clara until I was fourteen years old. Then I got sick of it. Clara! Sounds like breaking glass. Did you ever stop to think of that, Frank? Say it fast and hit the C.”
  2. A town in Pyrénées-Orientales department, France; named Clara-Villerach since 2017.
  3. A town in County Offaly, Ireland.
  4. An area of Taylor County, Florida, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Mississippi, United States.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin clāra, feminine of clārus (“bright, shining, clear”), a post-classical name made famous by the 13th century Saint Clara (Clare) of Assisi. Doublet of Clare and Claire.

Anagrams of clara

5 plays · some not in Scrabble

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4 words

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