CATALYST is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CATALYST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CATALYST?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CATALYST is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CATALYST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
catalystsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CATALYST scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CATALYST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CATALYST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CATALYST mean in Scrabble?
noun
A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction while remaining unchanged, or a person or event that triggers change.
In laboratories a catalyst lowers the energy needed for a reaction, so factories use it to save time and fuel. In everyday speech the meaning is looser: a catalyst is whatever sparks a bigger development.
How CATALYST is used
Common in science texts and in figurative phrases like "a catalyst for change".
- A catalyst in the car exhaust cleans the fumes.
- The speech was a catalyst for the protest movement.
- Without a catalyst the reaction takes days.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CATALYST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CATALYST
1 longer words begin with CATALYST.
Shorter words from the letters in CATALYST
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Common questions about CATALYST
- Is CATALYST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CATALYST, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CATALYST worth?
- CATALYST is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CATALYST mean?
- A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction while remaining unchanged, or a person or event that triggers change.
- What letters can be added to CATALYST?
- CATALYST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CATALYST:
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