clam
Clam can refer to a piece of paper money worth one dollar, burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness, or flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams. As a verb, clam can mean to gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean.
Length
4
Scrabble
8
WWF
11
Starts
CL
Ends
LAM
Difficulty
Easy
Dictionary
What Does “CLAM” Mean?
/klæm/
clam has 4 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
3 sensesVerb
1 sensegather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean
“In the summer they like to go out and clam”
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Vowels
1
Consonants
3
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Definition
burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
Length
4 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
M
Vowels
1
Consonants
3
Letters
C, L, A, M
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆CLAM has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CLAM is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆CLAM can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 4-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆CLAM uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCD
CV Pattern
CCVC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
CL, LA, AM
Trigrams
CLA, LAM
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