What It Scores
CLADS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 L1 A1 D2 S1.
Anagrams of CLADS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In CLADS
22 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (6)
3 letter words (11)
2 letter words (5)
Longer Words Containing CLADS
CLADS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.