cleg

Plural: clegs

Noun

large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
A light breeze.
A blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae; a gadfly, a horsefly.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English clege, from Old Norse kleggi, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰ-s (“point”); compare with Norwegian Nynorsk klegg, Ancient Greek γλωχίς (glōkhís, “barb”).

Synonyms

clegg, horse fly, horsefly, blind-fly, deer fly, gadfly, tabanid

Scrabble Score: 7

cleg: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cleg: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cleg: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

cleg: valid Words With Friends Word