clean
clean is a valid 5-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
What does clean mean?
Make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from.
“The dentist cleaned my teeth”
Remove unwanted substances from.
Clean and tidy up the house.
“She housecleans every week”
Remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely.
“The boys cleaned the sandwich platters”
“The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm”
Be cleanable.
“This stove cleans easily”
Deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.
“The other players cleaned him completely”
Remove shells or husks from.
“clean grain before milling it”
Remove while making clean.
Clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing.
“clean up before you see your grandparents”
“clean your fingernails before dinner”
A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead.
(of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers.
“good clean fun”
“a clean joke”
(of a surface) not written or printed on.
“a clean page”
Morally pure.
“led a clean life”
Free from impurities.
“clean water”
(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims.
“efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings”
Free from sepsis or infection.
“a clean (or uninfected) wound”
Free of restrictions or qualifications.
“a clean bill of health”
Free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits.
“children with clean shining faces”
“clean white shirts”
Free of drugs.
“after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years”
Not carrying concealed weapons.
(of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense.
“a clean voting record”
“a clean driver's license”
Ritually clean or pure.
Free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed.
“he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek”
“a clean throw”
Thorough and without qualification.
“a clean getaway”
“a clean sweep”
Without difficulties or problems.
“a clean test flight”
(of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections.
“a clean manuscript”
Not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination.
“a clean fuel”
“cleaner and more efficient engines”
Exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play.
“a clean fight”
In conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating.
Completely; used as intensifiers.
“clean forgot the appointment”