CATARACT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CATARACT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CATARACT?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CATARACT is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CATARACT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cataractsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CATARACT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CATARACT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CATARACT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CATARACT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large waterfall, or a clouding of the lens of the eye that blurs vision.
In older and poetic writing a cataract is a steep rush of water over rocks. Today the word is mostly medical, since surgeons routinely remove a cataract and replace the clouded lens with a clear implant.
How CATARACT is used
Poetic for a waterfall, medical for the eye condition.
- The river plunged over a mighty cataract into the gorge.
- My grandfather had surgery to remove a cataract from his left eye.
- A cataract of rain poured from the sky.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CATARACT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CATARACT
2 longer words begin with CATARACT.
Shorter words from the letters in CATARACT
Common questions about CATARACT
- Is CATARACT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CATARACT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CATARACT worth?
- CATARACT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CATARACT mean?
- A large waterfall, or a clouding of the lens of the eye that blurs vision.
- What letters can be added to CATARACT?
- CATARACT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CATARACT:
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