CAT is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. CAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAT is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in CAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does CAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small furry animal often kept as a pet.
Cat is nearly the same word across most of Europe and nobody knows where it started, which is unusual for an animal this common. It arrived with the animal itself, and the older English name for the wild one did not survive the arrival.
How CAT is used
Countable: a cat, two cats.
- The cat sits on whichever chair is occupied.
- A cat will sleep for sixteen hours and complain of tiredness.
- The word cat is nearly the same across Europe.
- Two cats in one flat is one cat too many.
- Nobody knows where the word cat came from originally.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CAT
The 3 tiles of CAT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CAT
Showing 24 of 585 words that begin with CAT.
Words ending in CAT
Showing 24 of 37 words that end in CAT. Useful as a back hook: play CAT onto a word already on the board.
Words with CAT inside
Showing 24 of 2102 words that contain CAT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CAT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CAT
Common questions about CAT
- Is CAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAT, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAT worth?
- CAT is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAT mean?
- A small furry animal often kept as a pet.
- What letters can be added to CAT?
- CAT takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of CAT:
Open CAT in the Word Finder