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There are 16 four-letter words containing C, E and L

ALEC• alec n. An anchovy or herring, especially pickled or dried.
• alec n. A sauce made from alecs; alec sauce.
• Alec prop.n. A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, of Scottish origin.
CEIL• ceil v. (Transitive) To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar.
• ceil n. (Poetic) A ceiling.
• ceil n. (Mathematics) Abbreviation of ceiling.
CELL• cell n. A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
• cell n. (Now historical) A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment.
• cell n. A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.
CELS• cels n. Plural of cel.
• CELs n. Plural of CEL.
• CEL n. (short for) celluloid, a celluloid frame of an animated cartoon.
CELT• celt n. A prehistoric chisel-bladed tool.
• Celt prop.n. (Historical) A member of one of the ancient peoples of Western Europe called Celtae by the Romans.
• Celt prop.n. A member of any of the (modern, Celtic) peoples who speak Celtic languages.
CIEL• ciel v. Alternative form of ceil.
• CIEL v. to provide with a ceiling, also CEIL.
CLEF• clef n. A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff.
• CLEF n. a character placed on the stave by which the absolute pitch of the following notes is fixed.
CLEG• cleg n. (Now dialectal) A light breeze.
• cleg n. (Scotland, England dialect) A blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae; a gadfly, a horsefly.
• CLEG n. a horsefly.
CLEM• clem v. (UK, dialect, transitive or intransitive) To be hungry; starve.
• clem n. (Geordie, vulgar, slang) A testicle.
• clem v. Alternative form of clam (“to adhere”).
CLEW• clew n. (Obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body.
• clew n. (Archaic) A ball of thread or yarn.
• clew n. Yarn or thread as used to guide one’s way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
CLUE• clue n. (Now rare) A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
• clue n. Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
• clue n. An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
COLE• cole n. Cabbage.
• cole n. Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).
• cole n. (Scotland) A stack or stook of hay.
LACE• lace n. (Uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. Wp.
• lace n. (Countable) A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten…
• lace n. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
LECH• lech n. (Slang) A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
• lech n. (Slang) A lecher.
• lech v. (Slang) To behave lecherously.
LICE• lice n. Plural of louse.
• LOUSE n. a parasitic insect.
LUCE• luce n. The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown.
• Luce prop.n. A surname.
• Luce prop.n. A township in Spencer County, Indiana, United States.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
Definitions are short excerpt from the WikWik.org and 1Word.ws.

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