CATAPLEXY is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. CATAPLEXY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CATAPLEXY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CATAPLEXY is to know. It scores 23 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CATAPLEXY
No single letter turns CATAPLEXY into another word.
How CATAPLEXY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CATAPLEXY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CATAPLEXY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CATAPLEXY mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A sudden loss of muscle strength, often triggered by strong emotion, while the person stays fully conscious.
People with narcolepsy may suffer cataplexy when they laugh hard, so that their knees give way and they slump to the floor. The attack lasts seconds or minutes and, unlike fainting, the sufferer can hear everything around them.
How CATAPLEXY is used
A medical term, closely linked with narcolepsy.
- A fit of laughter brought on cataplexy.
- Doctors diagnosed cataplexy after repeated collapses.
- Cataplexy can be controlled with medication.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CATAPLEXY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CATAPLEXY
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Common questions about CATAPLEXY
- Is CATAPLEXY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CATAPLEXY, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CATAPLEXY worth?
- CATAPLEXY is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CATAPLEXY mean?
- A sudden loss of muscle strength, often triggered by strong emotion, while the person stays fully conscious.
- What letters can be added to CATAPLEXY?
- No single letter can be added to CATAPLEXY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CATAPLEXY:
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