CATALEXIS is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. CATALEXIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CATALEXIS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CATALEXIS is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CATALEXIS
No single letter turns CATALEXIS into another word.
How CATALEXIS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CATALEXIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CATALEXIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CATALEXIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalliterary
The lack of a syllable in the last foot of a line of verse, leaving the metrical pattern incomplete.
Catalexis is the term scholars use for a line that stops one syllable short of its full metre. The effect can give a line a clipped, abrupt ending. A line showing it is called catalectic.
How CATALEXIS is used
Used in the study of poetic metre and prosody, rarely outside literary analysis.
- The critic pointed to catalexis in the final foot of each line.
- Catalexis gives the nursery rhyme its sharp, stressed finish.
- Students learn to spot catalexis when scanning Greek verse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CATALEXIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CATALEXIS
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Common questions about CATALEXIS
- Is CATALEXIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CATALEXIS, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CATALEXIS worth?
- CATALEXIS is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CATALEXIS mean?
- The lack of a syllable in the last foot of a line of verse, leaving the metrical pattern incomplete.
- What letters can be added to CATALEXIS?
- No single letter can be added to CATALEXIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CATALEXIS:
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