CATALEPTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CATALEPTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CATALEPTIC?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CATALEPTIC is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CATALEPTIC
Front hooks — 1
acatalepticBack hooks — 1
catalepticsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CATALEPTIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CATALEPTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CATALEPTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CATALEPTIC
- CATALEPTIC begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CATALEPTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Affected by or characteristic of catalepsy, a trance-like state with rigid muscles and loss of voluntary movement.
A cataleptic person may stay motionless in an odd posture and seem unaware of surroundings. Doctors link the condition with certain nervous and mental disorders. Writers borrow the word for a stiff, trance-like stillness.
How CATALEPTIC is used
Medical, and literary when describing a frozen or entranced stillness.
- The patient lay in a cataleptic state for hours.
- He stared with a cataleptic calm at the wall.
- A cataleptic fit left her rigid and silent.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CATALEPTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CATALEPTIC
2 longer words begin with CATALEPTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in CATALEPTIC
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Common questions about CATALEPTIC
- Is CATALEPTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CATALEPTIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CATALEPTIC worth?
- CATALEPTIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CATALEPTIC mean?
- Affected by or characteristic of catalepsy, a trance-like state with rigid muscles and loss of voluntary movement.
- What letters can be added to CATALEPTIC?
- CATALEPTIC takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CATALEPTIC:
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