Clefts

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Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of cleft, meaning narrow splits or crevices in a surface such as rock, a chin, or the palate.

“The climber wedged her fingers into the clefts in the granite face to haul herself upward.”

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Synonyms

cracksfissuressplits

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Wordle

Contains the uncommon cluster FT near the end, worth trying when F and T remain unconfirmed.

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Scrabble

Worth 11 points with F valued at 4, and the S allows hooking onto existing board words ending in CLEFT.

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cleats

Words you can make from Clefts

Shorter words formed from the letters in “clefts”.

celts clefs cleft felts flect lefts celt cest clef efts fels felt fest fets flet left lets sect self

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