CATARRHINE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CATARRHINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CATARRHINE?
| 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 CATARRHINE is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CATARRHINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
catarrhinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CATARRHINE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CATARRHINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CATARRHINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CATARRHINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A member of the primate group that includes Old World monkeys, apes and humans, with narrow, downward-facing nostrils.
Every catarrhine comes from Africa or Asia, and none has a grasping tail. The name refers to the close-set nose.
How CATARRHINE is used
Catarrhine is a zoological term used in primate classification.
- The baboon is a catarrhine native to Africa.
- Each catarrhine has a narrow nasal septum.
- Humans count as a catarrhine in scientific taxonomy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CATARRHINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CATARRHINE
1 longer words begin with CATARRHINE.
Shorter words from the letters in CATARRHINE
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Common questions about CATARRHINE
- Is CATARRHINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CATARRHINE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CATARRHINE worth?
- CATARRHINE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CATARRHINE mean?
- A member of the primate group that includes Old World monkeys, apes and humans, with narrow, downward-facing nostrils.
- What letters can be added to CATARRHINE?
- CATARRHINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CATARRHINE:
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