clothes

/kloʊ(ð)z/
noun

Items of clothing; apparel.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 3 meanings

  1. Items of clothing; apparel.

    “suit of clothes.”

  2. The covering of a bed; bedclothes.

  3. Laundry (hung on a clothesline).

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English clothes, cloþes (plural of cloth, cloþ (“cloth, garment”)), from Old English clāþas (“clothes”, plural of clāþ (“cloth”)), equivalent to cloth + -es.

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CLOTHES at a glance

CLOTHES has 7 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (C 3 + L 1 + O 1 + T 1 + H 4 + E 1 + S 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,884 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

Rhymes with clothes

All rhymes
  • MATCHES14
  • INCHES11
  • WISHES12
  • CHURCHES18
  • COACHES14
  • APPROACHES19
  • BRANCHES15
  • REACHES12
  • DISHES10
  • WATCHES15
  • TOUCHES12
  • BEACHES14

One letter away

Change one letter, keep the rest
  • CLOTHED13
  • CLOCHES14

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