CATALPA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CATALPA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CATALPA?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CATALPA is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CATALPA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
catalpasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CATALPA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CATALPA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,985 thousand.
What does CATALPA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tree with large heart-shaped leaves, clusters of showy white flowers and long slender seed pods.
The catalpa is planted as a shade tree and is easy to recognise in autumn by pods that look like long beans. Its broad leaves and bell-shaped flowers give it a tropical look in temperate towns.
How CATALPA is used
The word catalpa is used in gardening and botany.
- A catalpa shaded the front porch.
- The catalpa dropped long pods across the lawn.
- Bees hummed around the flowering catalpa.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CATALPA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CATALPA
1 longer words begin with CATALPA.
Shorter words from the letters in CATALPA
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Common questions about CATALPA
- Is CATALPA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CATALPA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CATALPA worth?
- CATALPA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CATALPA mean?
- A tree with large heart-shaped leaves, clusters of showy white flowers and long slender seed pods.
- What letters can be added to CATALPA?
- CATALPA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CATALPA:
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