Definition of clerihews

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  • clerihews is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 17
  • clerihews is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 17
  • clerihews is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 18

Definition of clerihews

  • a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person (noun)

    Examples

    1. `The president is George W. Bush, Who is happy to sit on his tush, While sending his armies to fight, For anything he thinks is right' is a clerihew

See definition of clerihews in Merriam Webster