Jumble solved
Is CLEAR a word? Yes.
CLEAR is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 5 letters, worth 7 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 3 anagrams, with 33 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 33
- Full anagrams
- 3
- Longest answer
- 5 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 2 : 3
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 2 vowels (E, A) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 3 remaining consonants (C, L, R).
clear in a sentence
“The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of CLEAR
3 words use all 5 letters — every full rearrangement of the scramble:
5-letter words
3 words found4-letter words
10 words found3-letter words
13 words found2-letter words
7 words foundWords hidden inside CLEAR
Without moving a single letter, reading clear straight through uncovers 3 shorter words — lear, ear, lea. The longest unbroken run is lear.
Related jumbles to try
Same letters, different word: unscramble carle, unscramble lacer.
Shorter words inside CLEAR — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to CLEAR
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and clear opens up 37 6-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
5
Distinct
5
Vowels
40%
E, A
Consonants
60%
C, L, R
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Practise your unscrambling
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Solving CLEAR: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters clear?
Rearranging the 5 letters in clear produces 33 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 5-letter answer carle here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does clear have any anagrams?
Using every one of the 5 letters, clear can be rearranged into 3 words: carle, clear and lacer. These are full anagrams — each uses the same tiles in a different order.
What is the longest word you can make from clear?
The longest solutions run to 5 letters: carle, clear and lacer. Reaching the full length means every one of those tiles is in play at once.
What are the easiest short words from clear?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: clear yields ace, ale, arc, are, cal, car, cel, ear, era and lac. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "clear" used in a sentence?
Clear is itself a valid word. For example: "The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from clear scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, carle is the top scorer from clear at 7 points, followed by clear (7), lacer (7) and acre (6). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside clear?
Read left to right without moving any letters and clear already contains 3 shorter words: lear, ear and lea. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is lear. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.